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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I've stayed focused on the job at hand representing the people of the 5th district... a voice for everyone rich or poor or male or female.
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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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You're blinded by lights and you see all these people who come out, and it's exciting. It's scary and it's exciting all rolled into one.
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When I was four years old, my father, who was a colonel in the army, was stationed in Salzburg, Austria. Across the street from our house was an ancient castle on a cliff. So when I first heard fairy tales, I felt as if the magic of 'Cinderella' or 'Sleeping Beauty' was taking place right in my own neighborhood.
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I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.
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I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.
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Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
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You can write 16 plays and not make as much money as you did doing one movie.
