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Irwin Shaw Quotes

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 27, 1913 - May 16, 1984

Topics

Life Work Big United United States

Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness.

Sunshine Welcome Brightness Thing

We all say that we want to repeal Obamacare, and we would all love a clean, full repeal. But the truth is, sometimes it's kind of like making sausage. You have to do it one step at a time. You've got to approach it from the standpoint that you make substantial gains today, and then the next opportunity, you make more.

Love Opportunity Today Truth Time

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament is to like interesting, new, bold ideas, and to try and generate them.

Ideas Interesting Philosophy Bold

If anything, when you're in your late 20s, early 30s, and then mid-30s, you're getting less attractive.

You Early Late Anything Attractive

Every morning when I pick up the newspaper and read about an earthquake in Japan or problems in European financial institutions, the first question I ask our staff is 'What is money-market-fund exposure?'

Morning Problems Financial Newspaper

There is an enormous amount of evidence that Saddam has weapons of mass destruction, is doing his best to develop more lethal weapons, and funds and supports terrorism.

Best Doing Terrorism More Evidence

The players on the team are the reason why we win. You don't have to treat them all identically; they're not going to be all the same. Your ability to lead and motivate those guys differently is important.

Team Win Treat You Important Why

Anyone who wants to run has to be a Jimmy Swaggart, minus the default.

Run Who Wants Default Anyone Minus

I didn't want to do something that was easy for me.

Christina Aguilera

Me Easy Want Something

The world is real. Consciousness is the illusion.

World Illusion Real Consciousness

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy?

Easy Student Labor Now Become Only

We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.

Woody Harrelson

War Start Gulf War Million Blocking

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