Eric Shanteau Quotes
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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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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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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I love Cameron Diaz, and I love Drew Barrymore.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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The year I turned 16, I spent the weeks before Christmas dropping hints to my parents about how much I wanted - no, needed - my own transportation.
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I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.' That's still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that's what happens in a conversation.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.
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My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to play hockey, I could not believe that my parents let us play as long as they did.
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I had a weirdly awesome high-school experience.
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Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.
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I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.
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I have good legs, so I prefer my skirt lengths and my high heels. It's like my uniform.
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The current demoralization of the art world is attributable at least in part to museum interference, ideological and practical, with ongoing creation in art.
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Somewhere back at the beginning I was chosen to be Jester, and there is only one Jester at a time in Diaspar. Most people think that is one too many.
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It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.
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Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.
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All of it is bad. We just struggled so badly offensively. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. They did a great job with Tracy (McGrady) struggling. Sloppy, we just didn't play well, just didn't take care of the ball.
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Firemen don't talk about whether a burning warehouse is worth saving.
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I was told when I went for a life-insurance exam when I was 18 that I was not likely to live past 50, so I refused to pay the premium.
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I know there's life after the Olympics.
