Sam Shepard Quotes
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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The Administration should never have walked away from the Kyoto Treaty. Global warming is real and it is here today. The facts aren't the issue. The policy is the issue. I think the Administration's policy on global warming is dead wrong.
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I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
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After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.
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'Wet Hot American Summer' was sort of lowbrow genius, you know? But smart in its cultish silliness. It wasn't considered something of great cultural caliber. But like many cult pieces, it sort of became something culturally relevant, which I think is what's so wonderful about it.
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Human nature is above all things lazy.
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There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan of country music.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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I would recommend to someone that has the money to experience the experience of giving to another and purchasing me a Veyron. A Bugatti Veyron. That will really make you want to give to your fellow man.
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We had a very thorough exchange of the different positions of the EU-3 and the new government of Iran.
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Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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You can write 16 plays and not make as much money as you did doing one movie.
