Wallace Shawn Quotes
I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all.
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By March '87 we're down to seven thousand, by the end of the year we're down to twelve hundred. The whole bottom just fell out of the market. It was bad for me because I was in Australia at the time.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
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In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
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Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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I'm a thigh-meat dude. Thigh is just the best meat - I don't get chicken breast. I think it's a publicity stunt that we've convinced people it's delicious.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self.
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I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
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At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.
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A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.
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The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.
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I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
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People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume.
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I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.
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You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.
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Political institutions are fair game in political debates in a democracy. Nothing is more fair game, in fact, than political matters of public concern.
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It is a fact that princes who try to raise other princes with violence, end up destroying themselves.
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all.
