William Shawn Quotes
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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.
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
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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.
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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.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.
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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.
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You have to be resilient.
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How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?
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I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.
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Apartheid either is or is not. And it must not be.
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Muslim communities themselves, as they expect mainstream society to stand down racists, must do more to also stand down the Islamist extremists.
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My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.
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Girls run the world.
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I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.
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I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until the Gulf War broke out, when we were forced to leave. Then we hop-scotched for a while from Holland back to Canada back to Saudi Arabia. Then there was D-day, so we had to get out again.
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Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.
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I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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We are at a difficult time, but I believe that by the process of argument we should be able to get to a point where we can get a second resolution.
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My vision and my creative ability is just so broad.
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Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops.
