Clarinetist Shaw Quotes & Sayings

Read and listen to one thinker and you become a clone; Read two and you become confused; Read ten and you get your own voice; Read a hundred and you start to become wise. — Timothy Keller

I know I don't fit in in L.A. because I look my age. — Tamsin Greig

Following Jesse's wonderful advice I will have to change my quote to:
If have a sense of humour, you'll love my books; if you don't have a sense of humour, please read my books nonetheless
no matter what you have please just read my books. — Jayde Scott

All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for a time; but if one has a great aim to pursue, this burden of envy must be accepted, and it is wise to accept it. — Pericles

I'm moving - as a person and as a writer - through time. I'm a different age. I'm thinking about different things. I have different life experiences. I'm trying to get closer to being honest. And by closer I mean that at different ages I have different ideas of what the truth is, and at any point I'm trying to express that at that moment in time. — Charlie Kaufman

Carlos had gotten up and gone to play with the cat. I asked its name and Florence said Salmon, and Carlos thought it was funny for a cat to have a fish name. — Adriana Lisboa

After the Stonewall riots the gay activists had their idealistic hearts in the right place but it turned out they had underestimated the realpolitik of organized crime. Indeed, as gay liberation blossomed in the wild 1970s the bars and bathhouses became increasingly lucrative enterprises, and the Mafia had no intention of abandoning a racket it had controlled for decades. The Mafia families maintained their control by exercising the proverbial carrot and stick. The wise guys seemingly embraced the gay rights movement and cut more so-called Auntie Gays into the action as their fronts, and resorted to violent threats and sometimes murder against others who refused to play ball with the crime families. There were few legitimate businessmen in gay nightlife of the 1970s. — Phillip Crawford Jr.

Out there do'in it in the mountains...

I might not be a notable author for my quote, but the column I write is just that... surviving all Mother Nature can throw at you. — Abrams & Elliott

I swear you must have a rainbow shooting out of your ass, you're so bright and shiny and wonderful. — Kate Rockland

Your challenges are like tall walls with weak foundations. They'll fall when you dare to give them a blow. Don't be afraid to dare ... You will surely overcome! — Israelmore Ayivor