Caroline Shaw Quotes
'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments, of music, and of our basic desire to draw a line from one point to another.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, we read a different play - 'Othello,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet' - and I was the nerd in class who would memorize soliloquies just for the fun of it.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am! My size is a huge part of me.
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If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It's even worse when they try to read your mail.
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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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I am a mortician who tells you that you don't necessarily need a mortician.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.
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Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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When liberty returns, I will return.
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I enjoy 'The Apprentice' and the one that's called 'Take My Life' and the other one called 'Stop Hitting Me.'
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A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.
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If you don't like public service, don't run for office.
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When, in 1949, I decided to join the little band of early explorers who had followed Albert Claude in his pioneering expeditions, electron microscopy was still in its infancy.
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'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments, of music, and of our basic desire to draw a line from one point to another.
