Irwin Shaw Quotes
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People take things so seriously.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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There's an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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Mel Gibson is losing it. I don't know how people still supporting this dude's movies like it's all good. That dude is nuts. All you gotta do is shut him down and don't support any of his movies.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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It strikes me as hubris that Universal will buy EMI. What it will do is create a super-major that will have far too much power... I think when Universal goes up over 40 percent market share, I don't see how reasonable regulators can countenance. It will impact not just labels, but artists and cultural diversity.
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My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me.
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I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
