Wallace Shawn Quotes
In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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To see the faces and hear the voices of victims of the Holocaust - one of the darkest chapters in history - was an experience I will never forget.
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.
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I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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The amount of love I get from India, from Pakistan, from Asia, from Persia, Malaysia - people are just like, 'Brown boy doing it, brown boy doing it!'
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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I write my music.
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In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a capital in Europe. So I have never understood why I have to choose between nature or urban.
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Keep in mind that television, magazines, movies, and even newspapers rarely show images of average-shaped bodies.
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While we use American power to fight hard for democracy against extremism on both left and right, our critics seem suspicious of any assertion of United States power or influence against any government or group that claims to be on the left.
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
