Irving Kirsch Quotes
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My experience growing up in a rough and tumble town in the blue-collar world of Western Pennsylvania in the 1970s was that anything a man did was always more important than anything a woman did.
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Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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Who have I picked fights with over the years? Bill Gates. Google. Mark Zuckerberg. Even - despite everything that's written about my relationship with Steve Jobs - we had yelling matches.
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Everything you've heard about Canadians apologizing profusely for things they shouldn't be sorry about is absolutely true. It is both sweet, endearing and worrisome at the same time. Having someone apologize for no reason actually makes me feel as though I should apologize for their need to apologize.
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Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
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I have never spoken for anyone but myself.
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We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell.
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The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.
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Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle.
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I hate the term 'philanthropist.'
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The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.
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If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.
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Triceratops is very common: they are the cows of the Cretaceous; they are everywhere.
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Time is not eternal but was created by God at the beginning.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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Teach me to feel another's woe, To right the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
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Each man follows the path of destiny, but no two paths are alike. It seems that mine now runs into a place of evil intent, wasted wisdom, and stupidity.
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You just need a good plan and then a back-up plan!
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My kids know the importance of being active – and that's why teaming up with the USTA was such an organic fit for me. They are making strives to get families outside – and using tennis as a way to get kids to stay active.
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Children have a great urge to learn about dinosaurs.
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Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born.
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The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth. p. 92
