William Shawn Quotes
We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy.
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Indians invest more in Britain than in the rest of European Union combined. It is not because they want to save on interpretation costs, but because they find an environment that is welcoming and familiar.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
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That's the biggest part of doing comics: You have to create stuff that makes you want to get out of bed every morning and get to work.
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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I've got a lot of other things I want to do.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
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I want to make 'Smackdown' the brand to watch, but beyond that main-eventing, 'WrestleMania' is the next step.
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I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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I want a brood, you know. I'd like to have a little soccer team and a minivan and all that stuff.
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I don't want to just be a champion, and I'm done with that. I wanna be a lightweight legend.
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Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match.
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If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
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I just write what I think is good and keep it at a thousand words.
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I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly.
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We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy.
