Irwin Shaw Quotes
In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
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I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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When you're bullied in high school, even if it's the smallest amount, or you're actually tortured, I feel like everybody carries that with them. They always think of that one person who treated them badly in high school.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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I can bat in the morning, afternoon, evening, night, on ice, desert, wherever and whenever. It is almost nirvana for me. It takes me away from the stresses of life.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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Because I feel 'Thor' is the beginning of finding my roots, and I found that I have family in America, I want to take my time and put effort on my future work so that foreign people get to know me better, and I also want to enjoy that process itself!
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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I've always been sort of a closet sci-fi geek.
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I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't.
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Above all, as will be repeatedly apparent in the sections below, fundamental for our discussion is the investigation of the idea of a testifying to one's belief as the psychological point of origin for methodical ethics.
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I look at the world through a green lens now, but you can't make yourself crazy. That feeling of green guilt can be really inhibiting. It's about a changing mind-set, remembering to turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth.
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There are a lot of bottlenecks to getting published. Publishers are only one of them. Having the time is another one. Feeling entitled is another one.
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In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
