Irwin Shaw Quotes
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.
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I think its important to start the day with a proper breakfast.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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I love books.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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After three years in L.A., I began to dream of my glory days on the boards. But it's very difficult to make a living as a theater actor in New York, which is why I moved out here, and I always had an ambition to work in television. I am a great admirer of the format, and I think it's how we tell long stories.
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Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.
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Somebody has to be on stage, and some people have to be in the audience. That's the only difference. Don't put any thought as to why you are on the stage or how you need to be 'better' than the people in the audience. You aren't better. You're simply the speaker.
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Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.
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I think Bernie's [Sanders] setting a direction in the way that [Barry] Goldwater when he lost - I'm not saying he's going to lose. We don't know what is going to happen. It's early. But I think he's already set a lot of themes.
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People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
