William Shawn Quotes

Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops.

William Shawn

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• Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.

  

  Dalton Trumbo
  • Life
  • Live
  • Man

• I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.

  

  Aaron Douglas
  • Guy
  • Man
  • Friend

• When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.

  

  Gary Dourdan
  • Books
  • Alien
  • Resurrection

• The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.

  

  Manly Hall
  • Science
  • End
  • Theory

• Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.

  

  Ian Rush
  • Different
  • Country
  • Moving

• I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Jokes
  • Comedian
  • Material

• Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Want
  • Words
  • You

• In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Different
  • Night
  • City

• There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.

  

  Jack Henry Abbott
  • Support
  • Never
  • Finding

• I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Political
  • Purpose
  • Service

• You have to be resilient.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • You
  • Resilient

• I want to pursue music in the future, but I'm taking it a step at a time and making sure I'm constantly growing.

  

  Naomi Scott
  • Time
  • Music
  • Future

• How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?

  

  Ferdowsi
  • Man
  • Destiny
  • Escape

• I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Think
  • Never
  • Judge

• Apartheid either is or is not. And it must not be.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Must
  • Either
  • Apartheid

• Muslim communities themselves, as they expect mainstream society to stand down racists, must do more to also stand down the Islamist extremists.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Society
  • Down
  • Stand

• My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • People
  • Work
  • Hope

• I love playing the new songs live. I hate playing a new song and then having to play an old song again, it feels really boring.

  

  Kaitlin Austra Stelmanis Austra
  • Song
  • Hate
  • Boring

• The attitude of the West and of Russia towards a crisis like Ukraine is diametrically different. The West is trying to establish the legality of any established border. For Russia, Ukraine is part of the Russian patrimony. A Russian state was created around Kiev about 1,200 years ago. Ukraine itself has been part of Russia for 500 years, and I would say most Russians consider it part of Russian patrimony. The ideal solution would be to have a Ukraine like Finland or Austria that can be a bridge between these two rather than an outpost.

  

  Henry Kissinger
  • West
  • Russia
  • Crises

• Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing, but live otherwise, and your words will bring only cynical laughter and a derisive shake of the head.

  

  Carlo Borromeo
  • People
  • Firsts
  • Laughter

• The day the process of acting becomes something that I dread is the end. Obviously, why would you do something that you hate? I won't do that.

  

  Shailene Woodley
  • End
  • Process
  • Dread

• Here's a comforting thought for you, Peter,' he said. 'However long you may live, the world will never lose its ability to surprise you with its beauty.

  

  Ben Aaronovitch
  • Beauty
  • Lose
  • Surprise

• Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops.

  

  William Shawn
  • Process
  • Perfection
  • Falling