Irwin Shaw Quotes
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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On the evidence I have on hand at home, social media isn't killing our children. It isn't killing families, either, because the constant long bloody phone calls that parents complained to their teenagers about in decades past are gone.
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I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.
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The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
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If women built the bridges or were meant to build the bridges, then they would have done it.
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I have decided to fight for my country, because we have build a success story in Guanajuato, with real results and more yet to come in the next two years.
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The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
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My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.
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The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.
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I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.
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Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.
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I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.
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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.
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My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding acquaintance with the originals, but were released as 'authentic Indian stories' when they were, in fact, nothing of the kind.
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I think the kind of films and roles I do takes a whole year... I think it is justified. At some point, we have to come to that place where we are equally paid. It is a small step... we are headed to that direction.
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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less.
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Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.
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An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.
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Sorry if i spit on ya'll... I kinda have a problem with doing that.
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I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
