Wallace Shawn Quotes
I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
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Each side has legitimate aspirations - and that's part of what makes peace so hard. And the deadlock will only be broken when each side learns to stand in the other's shoes; each side can see the world through the other's eyes. That's what we should be encouraging. That's what we should be promoting.
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In spacetime, all events are baked together: a four-dimensional continuum. Past and future are no more privileged than left and right or up and down.
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Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.
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I'm very smart, and I have a great team of people around me investing my money. I'm not buying gold - yet.
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
