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Irwin Shaw Quotes

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Great Style More Same Stick Stuck

The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.

Government People Control Think Done

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

Michael B. Jordan

Football Athlete Never Competitor

I was definitely a tomboy. My mother liked to dress me differently, but it was her loss when I came home with mud in my hair every day. I've always been more comfortable with guys; I don't know why.

Troian Bellisario

Mother Home Day Dress Me Hair

Nobody wants to play a one-dimensional character.

Character Play Nobody Wants

Columbia University in 1959 had a kind of reputation that interested me.

Me Reputation Kind University Had

My ideal vacation isn't about complex maneuvers. I want to arrive somewhere foreign where I don't speak the language, go hiking, then plop down in a sunny square, have drinks, read a book, and see what happens.

Rosecrans Baldwin

Vacation Book Speak Language Down

When I fly British Airways, I can't help but read the free Daily Mail, which makes me glad I am leaving the country.

Daily I Am Me Fly Free Help

I don't want to feel like people are imposing limits upon you.

People Limits Feel You Want Like

Drawing on real life is what novelists do. It's not the same as reconstructing real life, which is what historians do.

Life Drawing Real Same Real Life

Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.

Joseph Stiglitz

Potential Successful Because Only

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.

Law Too Much Little Cannot Far Who

I've gotten into the habit of cranking out a set of push-ups before each show to get my blood pumping and find my focus. I worked my way up from eight to 30. That was a real accomplishment.

Christie Brinkley

Focus Habit Accomplishment Find Way

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