Wallace Shawn Quotes
Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children in films, and they're treated as adults and they just drop the pretense of being children.
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Anyone who's been through divorce will know that every day is really hard.
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.
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Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not.
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Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children in films, and they're treated as adults and they just drop the pretense of being children.
