Irwin Shaw Quotes
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.
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Today, the scope for variety has shrunk drastically. There are only a handful of topnotch composers like A. R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit... that's it.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
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It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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Almost everyone thinks they are a good person, but the question you should be asking is, am I good enough to go to Heaven? How would you know?
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The idea of 'Badlands' was creating a space with sound, which is a really difficult thing to do.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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Sometimes you design a shoe, and you think this one is a winner, but you never know when something will be such a crazy phenomenon.
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These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.
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It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.'
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The unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophe.
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What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die – that's that.
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I like to add something unusual to a dish.
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As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
