Andrew Shue Quotes
When we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged.
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
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My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.
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In life, sometimes you just lose.
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The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. It really is what makes a great photographer, every bit as much as understanding composition and lighting.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'
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When your life is as precious as all our lives are, then it needs to be kept precious and looked after and treated well. And that is not something we should be sharing with a wider audience.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.
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Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!
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I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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When it comes to literal nourishment, the food we eat, life begets life.
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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on.
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I've certainly experienced physical pain in my life.
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Where there is love there is life.
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The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.
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I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.
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What always made me proud - almost blushing with pride - is that Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg all told me that 'The Conformist' is their first modern influence.
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When it comes to global warming, coal is the gorilla in the room.
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I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't that desperate for victory. I don't want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican Party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people.
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The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set... I live in a complete state of grace.
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When we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged.
