Shawn Mendes Quotes
I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as hard; it doesn't get easier, but that's why I love it: because it's a challenge every time. I also feel like I'm learning new ways.
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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I maintain music is not here to make us forget about life. It's also here to teach us about life: the fact that everything starts and ends, the fact that every sound is in danger of disappearing, the fact that everything is connected - the fact that we live and we die.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.
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If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
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On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
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Most people have never been listened to, and they've never been asked questions that they want to be asked.
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I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.
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Whether we fear pain and suffering or not, pain and suffering will come to everyone. Why not keep our minds focused on where we want to go?
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I don't care about that scum! Why should I receive a prize? I know that I'm a genius!
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I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as hard; it doesn't get easier, but that's why I love it: because it's a challenge every time. I also feel like I'm learning new ways.
