Sam Shepard Quotes
I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert for peace.
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Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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I've done a lot of costume dramas and things that are set in the past, and it's great to be able to have things that you can research and material that you can look at.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
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I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.
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I don't really like hospitals that much. People are sick; sometimes it can be depressing. There's people going through a lot of pain in there. It has that funny smell.
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In my research, I learned that the Boxers' kung fu wasn't all that formalized. The vast majority of them didn't belong to some age-old martial arts tradition. They were basically poor, starving teenagers doing the best they could to figure out how to fight, relying more on their mystical beliefs than formal training.
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I also have a soft spot for spicy chicken wings. They are always best eaten at dives and sports bars, like Wogie's in the West Village, New York City, near my house.
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I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert for peace.
