Sam Shepard Quotes
I feel like I've never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I don't know exactly where I fit in... There's always this kind of nostalgia for a place, a place where you can reckon with yourself.

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Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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Practices were tough.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to build.
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All of the agreed-upon pariahs throughout pop-culture history put their identities into the thing we decry. And yet we derive our own identities from the act of hating. We connect on the things we are disappointed in. Some may argue that nothing in history gathers a crowd like complaining about Lady Gaga's meat dress.
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Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
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The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Не спи, не спи, художник,Не предавайся сну.Ты – вечности заложникУ времени в плену.
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In 10th grade, I was kicking it with the seniors. I introduced myself, and they were like, 'Yeah, Demetrius is cool, but we're gonna call you Pac.' That was it! It could be worse!
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My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing.
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I just am so tired of really badly written women. It's so boring.
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I feel like I've never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I don't know exactly where I fit in... There's always this kind of nostalgia for a place, a place where you can reckon with yourself.