Arthur Leonard Schawlow Quotes
It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
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My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
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I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
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When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.
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Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.
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Why give you answers you wont believe?Well, answers I don't believe would be a step forward.
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Can't get up in the morning lately and I'm just sunk in a dream I'm always the ship in the stream
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Rock and roll is a music, and why should a music contribute to … juvenile delinquency? If people are going to be juvenile delinquents, they're going to be delinquents if they hear … Mother Goose rhymes.
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I've always appreciated directors but I have a newfound appreciation for them and producers and everyone who does what they do that actors don't see. When you have one job, that's all you care about, that's all you're supposed to focus on. But focusing on so many different things, I was introduced to how hard everyone else works too.
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You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing.
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Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.
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I do think there must be some kind of interaction between your living life and the life that goes on from here.
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Consider, if you will, the morning boner. What a metaphor of hope and renewal! How can anyone give way to despair when one’s groin greets each day with such a gala spectacle of physical optimism?
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It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers.
