Sam Shepard Quotes
People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.

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We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.
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I've always kind of been a little skeptical about bands that won't play their hits. That's really arrogant to me as a music fan. I do want to hear obscure songs, but like most people, I want to hear the hits, so we always play them.
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For me, I always think about keeping my upper body relaxed, my hips level, and my right side down on the turn. If I work on nailing those three things at every practice, I hope that by the time I get into a race situation I can stay completely focused on the task at hand, and the rest will happen naturally.
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We cannot tax the same people we expect to create jobs. That is a recipe for keeping people out of work.
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People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.