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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I graduated with a B.A. from Goddard College in 1991 and then studied poetry for a year in the M.F.A. in Writing Program at Vermont College.
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And then I went to 'Dawson's Creek,' which is a show that was, for better or for worse, all about the language. It was a word-perfect show, which I'd never had any experience with. And it was really shocking for me. I felt really hemmed in. At the time, it wasn't my favorite working experience.
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And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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If people try to cut sugar out completely, they often splurge later. That isn't a good idea.
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People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
