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Life Quotes by Wallace Shawn
- It is hard enough to make a plan for how you are going to spend an evening with somebody else. So to make a plan…
- We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows that hidden inside…
- I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature…
- Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.
- I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes.
- In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
- In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.
- The life of an actor can be very enviable.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle