Sam Shepard Quotes
People are starved for the truth, and when something comes along that even looks like the truth, people will latch onto it because everything's so false.Sam Shepard
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
Larisa Oleynik -
My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
Bailee Madison -
This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
Otto Schily -
You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
Wayne Dyer -
The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
Nancy A. Collins -
Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
Sam Harris
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I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.
Walter Payton -
Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
Sally Pearson -
What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
Ramakrishna -
A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.
Salman Rushdie -
I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
Samuel Larsen
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I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
Flea Jane's Addiction -
Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
Sam Kean -
I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
Hannah Simone -
As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
Pamela Hansford Johnson -
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz
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You want to enjoy life, don't you? If you get your job done quickly and your job is fun, that's good isn't it? That's the purpose of life, partly. Your life is better.
Yukihiro Matsumoto -
From time to time, you will hear our opponents declare that the union is weak, that the union has no support, that the union has not grown fast enough. Our obituary has been written many times. How ironic it is that the same forces that argue so passionately that the union is not influential are the same forces that continue to fight us so hard.
Cesar Chavez -
It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses.
Mark Rydell -
I did one touring show with Horatio Sanz. We went to, I think it was Iowa State University, and we were in this field house, so people were sitting on the floor. It started out with 2,500 people in there. We delivered the most mediocre improv, and it went from a crowd of 2,500 to 250 people in the course of 45 minutes. It was grim.
Jack McBrayer -
Sleep is probably my favorite activity. I wrote this piece out of gratitude that I'm able to sleep well as an offering to people who don't.
Max Richter -
People are starved for the truth, and when something comes along that even looks like the truth, people will latch onto it because everything's so false.
Sam Shepard