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People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#become #burdens #more #people #sometimes

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

— Irwin Shaw

#curiously #full #life #states #their

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#cord #cut #own #talk #theater

The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#care #great #just #kept #out

Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#life #living #nocturnal #theater #writing

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#band #because #buy #cheaper #club

When I get a new script my mom will read them and just be aghast. I think it's hysterical. ↗

— Alia Shawkat

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Maybe this isn't the right thing to say, but I want you to know: When you ran for the stage, I've never been so proud of you in all my life. You've always been beautiful; you've always been talented. And now I know that your moral compass is perfectly aligned, that you see clearly when things are wrong, and you do everything you can to stop it. As a father, I can't ask for more. I love you America. And I'm so so proud. ↗

— Kiera Cass

#father #inspirational #beauty

By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

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I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

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