Sam Shepard Quotes
Grief is bizarre territory because there's no predicting how long it'll take to get over certain things. You just don't know how long it's going to resound in your life.
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I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be one of the good teachers - I want to have that kind of impact.
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My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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TV's been good to me.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
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To do the Ozzfest again would be great. I'd like to finish with a final Sabbath album. You always feel that it is still a challenge.
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Turning a blind eye to your finances always brings trouble. When you let the bills or late notices stay in their envelopes, you're making matters worse. When you finally have to deal with the problem - believe me, you will eventually - it will be exaggerated because you didn't take action.
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But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain.
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We'll hopefully get this thing wound up in a reasonable time.
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Grief is bizarre territory because there's no predicting how long it'll take to get over certain things. You just don't know how long it's going to resound in your life.
