Wallace Shawn Quotes

And my singing, I don't think I could sing Wagner or opera, but I could probably carry a tune. I was in a musical once, but it was never performed.

Wallace Shawn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 12, 1943

Topics

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I'm from Hollywood. That's where we make movies and TV shows... I'm not from down here in men-fus ten-uh-see, okay?

Andy Kaufman

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It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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I came from the music business, which reputedly has the biggest egos, but I really think the airline world caps it.

Tony Fernandes

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Ma was legally blind due to a degenerative eye disease she'd had since birth. This meant she was entitled to welfare, and our lives revolved around the first day of every month when her payment was due.

Liz Murray

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With my kids, I'm a little sappier than my father may have been.

Joseph Stiglitz

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When I found out how music made me feel and how my singing made other people feel, that's when I decided this is what I wanted to do.

Dianne Reeves

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I think when you dissect a joke too much, you have ruined whatever there is in comedy.

Bob Saget

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Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.

Bobby Orr

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Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 - and very shocked and sorry. I never knew her personally.

Anne Stevenson

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Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value.

Peter Bart

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Working in a garden calms me down.

Sean Bean

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I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered 'losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing.

Ricky Martin

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