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.
Quotes to Explore
-
'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
-
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.
-
I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
-
I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
-
The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.
-
People believe what they want to believe.
-
If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
-
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.
-
I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
-
When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
-
I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
-
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.
-
I've got a lot of other things I want to do.
-
I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
-
If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
-
I want to make 'Smackdown' the brand to watch, but beyond that main-eventing, 'WrestleMania' is the next step.
-
I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
-
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.
-
I want a brood, you know. I'd like to have a little soccer team and a minivan and all that stuff.
-
I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.
-
Personally, the first year when I started making enough money just from acting - by that, I mean not doing anything else but acting - was around 2003.
-
I remember, as a kid, going into other people's houses. Everything was different. The smells in the kitchen were different; the clothing was different. That bothered me. There's something very mysterious about other families and the way they function.
-
This may sound trite, but I believe it to be true: Entrepreneurship is the fabric of what America is all about.
-
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.
