Wayne Shorter Quotes
It’s making a statement about what life is, really. And I’m going to end the line with it.
Quotes to Explore
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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But I think we need the international market.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.
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Overwhelmed by the miraculous potentialities of the machine, our human greed has interfered with the biological cycle of human companionship which keeps the life of a community healthy.
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I came from a privileged background, which I am entirely grateful for, but it played a part in my feeling that I couldn't complain about my own emotions.
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Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said.
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It’s making a statement about what life is, really. And I’m going to end the line with it.
