Wallace Shawn Quotes
I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.
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If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.
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Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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The challenge for a writer looking at history is to figure out what is history and what is myth. After all, what you are looking at is an interpretation of history, and so at some level, it becomes an interpretation of an interpretation.
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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
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Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?
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First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.
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Yeah, I'm running for the White House again. Well, it's not a run, really; it's sort of a brisk walk.
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The public makes it so that we have to keep assaulting each other.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
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I come from a fragmented society. A country proud to serve as a bridge between Europe and Asia yet unable to bridge its own differences.
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We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well.
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As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of.
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I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.
