Sam Shepard Quotes
I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into prose and tell different kinds of stories and stuff. But being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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When I do retire, I will miss the trips with the team, the jokes with my teammates, the habits: having breakfast with them, playing with them, all the little things.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be quarrels, charges of infidelity, a reduction in the household allowance, perhaps a separation - but a divorce? Never.
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'Prison Notebooks' gives me a basic understanding of how power can influence people through cultural products and intellectual groups, so they will voluntarily support the hegemony.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
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As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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Everyone has issues, and I'm not someone who likes to burden people.
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A lot of people love men that rock; I love men that love a good melody and a good harmony.
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When I was in high school, I tried too hard to be cool and to impress people, but playing all these different characters has helped me find myself again.
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I said all along I would not sell my story. I don't think it would be right.
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I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into prose and tell different kinds of stories and stuff. But being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody.
