Irwin Shaw Quotes
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in power can wield for their own ends. 2. A new body of knowledge brings into being a new class of people or institutions that can exercise a new kind of power.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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It's hard to pick out one particular wrestler.
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Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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While cheap products are exported to western countries, the waste is dumped mostly in China's back yard, contaminating its air, water, soil and seas.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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No days off. I'm a workaholic.
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Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.
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I save everything. I have these carefully organized file boxes. Somewhere in there is a section of the 'New York Times' where I wrote 'The Border Guard' in the margin.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.
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The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
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Ventriloquism today is in a slump.
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Only through the development of mutual respect, and in a spirit of truth, can friendship come about. By these means it is possible to move human minds, but never by force.
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Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that's the worst thing about the new car. It will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to Europe is over. It evaporates. It has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory.
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I think it's good to have switched to a much more visual world and that people are not all that interested in words.
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The ramifications that you set for yourself can inspire you to do things that you would have never thought of because, once you're trapped, your job is to persevere.
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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
