Wallace Shawn Quotes
In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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When you speak directly at things and don't say you're going to try to do something or that you hope to do something, the universe will work with you. Think about it this way - a boomerang goes out and comes back to you if you throw it. If you throw it out at the universe, it will come back down to you on Earth.
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The demand that school finances be transferred away from local school districts to the state and/or federal government has been a long-time favorite of the educationist lobbies.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.
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It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.
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I've been playing music all my life, from being a choir soloist at Symphony Hall as a youngster to playing in bands through high school and college at Kent State. Went in the service at 17, out before I was 21.
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All the guys who were booing him when he came to the plate were cheering for him when the ball went over the fence. It was nice to see us pull together and get a win.
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In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.
