Irwin Shaw Quotes

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.

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• People take things so seriously.

  

  Dana Ashbrook
  • People
  • Things
  • Seriously

• 'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.

  

  E. T. Bell
  • Word
  • Dangerous
  • Mathematics

• '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.

  

  Bailey Chase
  • Character
  • Want
  • Compliment

• 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.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Fun
  • Acting
  • Actor

• I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.

  

  Victoria Wood
  • Know
  • Car
  • Everyone

• 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.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • Time
  • Music
  • Born

• 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.

  

  Daniel Ek
  • Music
  • Today
  • Song

• I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Together
  • Struggle
  • Feel

• Village cricket spread fast through the land.

  

  G. M. Trevelyan
  • Fast
  • Cricket
  • Village

• The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • Advice
  • Give
  • Someone

• 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.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • People
  • Path
  • Short

• He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Opportunity
  • Fruit
  • Seed

• The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • Good
  • God
  • Trying

• 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.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Good
  • Country
  • Man

• 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.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Guy
  • Me
  • Always

• There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!

  

  Tamar Braxton
  • Beautiful
  • Blessing
  • Sucks

• 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.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Music
  • Always
  • Dresses

• The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Real
  • America
  • Conflict

• I love high-street fashion. I'm all about Topshop and Zara - even American Apparel. I love T-shirts and vests - simple things you can just live in. American Apparel also does the best bras - they're amazing.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
  • Live
  • American
  • High

• A politics that defines itself by difference holds no appeal for me.

  

  Douglas Alexander

• In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay.

  

  Mario Diaz-Balart
  • Up
  • Service

• That proves it's not by Shaw, because all Shaw's characters are himself: mere puppets stuck up to spout Shaw.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Up

• The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you're going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think it's the main stuff.

  

  Peter Hammill
  • Time
  • Live
  • Forever

• In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.

  

  Irwin Shaw
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