Wallace Shawn Quotes
From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I played one part, others came along.
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I thought that I'd have a briefcase-and-power-suit career.
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Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined.
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Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.
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To my surprise, I have an Emmy nomination, and I have never even been to the Emmys! So it's like I am Cinderella. But actually having thought about it, I am Cinder-elder!
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.
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The Israeli government has already established a fund to encourage young Arab women, specifically from the Bedouin community, to study engineering. We are funding their university studies and providing them with mentors who assist them with their studies and the job placement process.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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I thought I knew everything when I came to Rome, but I soon found I had everything to learn.
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I used to worry about what would happen five or 10 years from now, but I don't anymore. I thought about going to medical school because that has always interested me, but decided against it.
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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
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Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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It was the best job I ever had. I just left because my whole team was leaving and the new guys were coming.
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My job is not to give you all the answers. My job is to ask the questions.
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My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial - it's one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dolls... one of those.
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I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
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It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their top story.
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A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.
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Wherever I go, I'll always see you. You'll always be with me. And there's no happy ending coming here, no way a story that started on a night that's burned into my heart will end the way I wish it could. You're really gone, no last words, and no matter how many letters I write to you, you're never going to reply. You're never going to say good-bye. So I will. Good-bye, Julia. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for being you.
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From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I played one part, others came along.
