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I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated.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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It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
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There are wonderful things happening all around the world. From Nova Scotia to Kerala, Bristol to Melbourne, and even in the Philippines, zero waste is on the agenda. I think what's particularly inspiring is when communities don't wait to be told what to do but just go ahead and do it.
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No man who has not tried it can imagine what dreadful hard work it is to listen. Splitting gum logs in the dog days is child's play to it. I've tried both, and give the preference to the gum logs.
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A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.
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It's taken years for people to figure out how to make good content with a gamepad, even though they've been using gamepads for decades to make traditional games.
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I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
