Irwin Shaw Quotes

I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it.

Irwin Shaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NeverAnythingShowFinishedAnybody

I don't want my reputation to take me over, I just want to be judged on my songs. I want people to come and see me because they want to, not because fashion dictates it.

Jeff Buckley

PeopleMeFashionReputationWant

Defense is gonna help me in particular and help my team, so that's what I've really focused on.

Steven Adams

MeTeamHelpFocusedDefenseReally

I cannot think of a greater symbol of human resistance and courage than our Nobel laureate colleague Andrei Sakharov.

Torsten Wiesel

CourageThinkResistanceHumanThan

Americans are opting out of public venues like the playground and the sidewalk for private venues like the healthclub and the mall. We're living our lives inside one form of corporation or another.

Robert D. Kaplan

LivingPlaygroundInsideOutMall

You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry.

Matt Bomer

RememberYouArtistHungryGet

Building up the arms did not cause the fall of Eastern Europe.

Michael Moore

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Qaddafi is hated because he is the leader of a small country that is rich, but he uses his money to finance liberation struggles.

Louis Farrakhan

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'Clueless' is an adaptation of 'Emma' by Jane Austen. It works either way: if you know the book and if you don't.

Jason Moore

BookYouKnowWayEitherClueless

I was like, 'Man, bluegrass - that's like Roy Clark playing banjo on 'Hee Haw.' I'm a huge 'Hee Haw' fan. But I didn't know about bluegrass. It seemed like old people's music.

Dierks Bentley

MusicManPeopleKnowOldPlaying

1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including a record six to the United States Senate.

Dee Dee Myers

WomanYearOfficeUnitedUsBecause

I'm not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I'm a very pragmatic kind of guy.

Chris Isaak

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The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.

Claude Bernard

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