Sam Shepard Quotes

It's very difficult to escape your background. You know, I don't think it's necessary to even try to escape it. More and more, I start to think that it's necessary to see exactly what it is that you inherited on both ends of the stick: your timidity, your courage, your self-deceit, and your honesty - and all the rest of it.

Sam Shepard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1943 - July 27, 2017

Topics

HonestyCourageStartRestThink

I would never tell the president of the United States not to come to my district.

Ann Callis

PresidentNeverTellUnitedCome

If Nora Roberts were a man, she'd be on the cover of big business magazines as the next Charles Dickens.

Ann Maxwell

BusinessManSheNextBigCover

Everything does not happen according to a plan, and you learn your lessons the hard way.

Juhi Chawla

LearnPlanYouWayHardEverything

And I'm proud of what I do as a professional, too.

Lisa Guerrero

ProudProfessionalToo

Quality of life is not only about what you find in the shops; it's about the landscape.

Donald Tusk

LifeQualityLandscapeYouFind

I'm an actor who directs. Probably always will be.

Clark Johnson

ActorWillAlwaysWho

To be a proactive person, you must learn to say no to most ideas and opportunities so you have the mental and physical bandwidth to execute the realistic business plans you have already mapped out.

Clay Clark

BusinessIdeasOpportunitiesLearn

David and I got cut out the editing process on that. We were able to affect it more than not. We sent in our notes, we were able to see cuts. We weren't allowed to see dailies and we weren't allowed to sit in the editing room and just work.

Bob Odenkirk

WorkProcessEditingMoreSeeOut

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

Bruno Mars

FamilyBrotherSisterMusiciansYou

I want to work with the Philippine people and make life better there; there are systems I can work with.

Suze Orman

LifeWorkPeopleBetterI CanWant

I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work.

Peter Maxwell Davies

WorkEducationMusicPeopleYoung

I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on my own when I was younger; I enjoyed my own company and still do, so it was a source of escapism.

Tuppence Middleton

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