Donald Shaw quote: "I just read that 5,113,275 people got married last year. Math was not exactly my favorite subject at school, but shouldn't that be an even number?"

I love to ask strangers if I can pet their dog. If they say yes, I freeze for a moment and respond: ...
DONALD SHAW

Be free, and live life fully.
CAROLINE SHAW

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.
IRWIN SHAW

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
IRWIN SHAW

All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
IRWIN SHAW

It's those damn critics again.
IRWIN SHAW

I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
IRWIN SHAW

No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
IRWIN SHAW

People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
IRWIN SHAW

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.
IRWIN SHAW

In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that...
IRWIN SHAW

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would ...
IRWIN SHAW

If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous app...
IRWIN SHAW

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

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is ...
IRWIN SHAW

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.
IRWIN SHAW

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictor...
IRWIN SHAW

I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occur...
IRWIN SHAW

I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.
IRWIN SHAW

At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.
IRWIN SHAW

A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
IRWIN SHAW

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the abil...
IRWIN SHAW

The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
IRWIN SHAW

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, h...
IRWIN SHAW

My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have.
IRWIN SHAW

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
IRWIN SHAW

There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I...
IRWIN SHAW

Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
IRWIN SHAW

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.
TOMMY SHAW

How many Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? Many in body, one in mind.
VINESSA SHAW

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
IRWIN SHAW

People do no change with the times, they change the times.
P.K. SHAW

People often get their imagination's mixed up with their memories.
P.K. SHAW

Some people prefer to keep their foot in a bog so they don't risk falling over.
P.K. SHAW

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched re...
TOMMY SHAW

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
FIONA SHAW

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day.
TOMMY SHAW

Every day, you have to make three hours of music, just randomly improvising, and that's a great ...
CAROLINE SHAW

Everyone's been on a ramen noodle diet once or twice.
KIM SHAW

That, fundamentally, is our problem. We need to expand.
BEN SHAW

I think that they will find they come to love the center and the people who will be there. We are an...
BEN SHAW

Unlike most commercial construction, we do not begin construction until we have planning and design ...
BEN SHAW

The permits, no question, they need to be re-applied for.
BEN SHAW

You can almost reach out and touch Ed Turner's impact on CNN. His standards were so high. The things...
BERNARD SHAW

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
BERNARD SHAW

What I saw were two F-16 jets and they were circling overhead a single-engine plane and other jet fi...
BERNARD SHAW

If you teach a man anything, he will never learn
BERNARD SHAW

When you're seeking justice there are no shortcuts. If you were to trade places with either side, yo...
ANDREW SHAW

had decided to start another trophy trial.
ANDREW SHAW

Many of the princess's personal friends who rallied behind him and were prepared to give evidence fo...
ANDREW SHAW

It's a waste of money sending you to prison but I have no option.
ANDREW SHAW

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to pla...
TOMMY SHAW

You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.
ARTIE SHAW

You have no idea of the people I didn't marry.
ARTIE SHAW

Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.
ARTIE SHAW

The last popular song that I loved was 'Living La Vida Loca' by Ricky Martin,
ARTIE SHAW

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a do...
FIONA SHAW

I've done a lot of performance practice, Baroque playing, and some of the joy and the challenge ...
CAROLINE SHAW

I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in ...
FIONA SHAW

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

This year's been a constant teaching session with the guys. He showed a great deal of patience this ...
BRIAN SHAW

We know that we determine our own destiny. We just have to take care of our own business, and we can...
BRIAN SHAW

I'm optimistic that we'll make a profit for our first year here. We've been breaking even for 10 yea...
BRIAN SHAW

He's one of the guys who's familiar with Phil's system, ... Phil's comfortable with him and knows wh...
BRIAN SHAW

The entire team did a great job of staying focused on clients, and not getting distracted. The quali...
BRIAN SHAW

He told me to get after Gary [Payton], to make sure he was fired up.
BRIAN SHAW

But then he reminded us that there was only one guy who was on the right side both times. Him.
BRIAN SHAW

I'm glad he called, ... This is an opportunity for our school and community to help those who are in...
BRIAN SHAW

We've sold out every year we've been here.
BRIAN SHAW

I think Rick puts a lot of pressure on himself anyway and I think that's one of the reasons he hasn'...
BRAD SHAW

It looked like what we pictured from this team at the start of the season. The difference is believi...
BRAD SHAW

It's like jumping on a treadmill when it's going eight miles an hour. When he got off, it was going ...
BRAD SHAW

I think we have holes we still need to fill work-ethic wise. Power play is one of them.
BRAD SHAW

It's a tall order when you've hovered around .500 all year to suddenly start thinking about running ...
BRAD SHAW

We wanted to come out skating. We did, but didn't get rewarded for it. We generated a lot of chances...
BRAD SHAW

We need to be ready to play. (This loss) puts a lot of heat on us over the next few games.
BRAD SHAW

Maybe tomorrow, it might feel a little better. But right now, there's a pretty bad taste in the mout...
BRAD SHAW

We had enough guys do enough good things. It's not going to be good enough on Thursday against the R...
BRAD SHAW

You need to do whatever you can do to make sure that puck doesn't go in the net.
BRAD SHAW

[Game 5 drew 92,706 fans, the largest crowd to witness a Series game, in the misshapen stadium.] Wha...
BOB SHAW

It was a wonderful thing to see the guys again,
BOB SHAW

And I started it all. I threw the home-run ball.
BOB SHAW

He was a great manager.
BOB SHAW

We had enough of everything.
BOB SHAW

They were two good quality guys, you can ask most anybody around here. Last week before the crash an...
BOB SHAW

They wanted me for short relief, ... I joined them in St. Louis and they promptly lost seven in a ro...
BOB SHAW

He was a hard worker. He was one of those guys you could count on. Eight o'clock in the morning or 1...
BOB SHAW

Don't think that doesn't come up when I talk to the Kiwanis or Rotary Club, ... I beat Koufax in the...
BOB SHAW

[Just this summer, he and 10 former White Sox teammates were reunited on the occasion of an interlea...
BOB SHAW

Late in the ballgame, I told her, 'You're going to come up and be really big in the last two minutes...
BILL SHAW

All of their touchdown passes came off of screens. It wasn't until halftime that I was able to match...
BILL SHAW

I think it was our first complete game by a pitcher this season.
BILL SHAW

We shot 6 of 43 from the field and we have struggled shooting the ball throughout the season. We had...
BILL SHAW

We have a lot of affordable housing. That is not the big hurdle.
BILL SHAW

We drove the ball the length of the field and scored, so that showed me that we're coming around on ...
BILL SHAW

Because soft materials are so porous, it's very easy for odors to become trapped inside.
BILL SHAW

We really missed Caleb inside. As a team we only had 12 or 13 rebounds, and (Myrtle Point) had at le...
BILL SHAW

Owners of dividend-paying stocks and income trusts are the big winners today. I expect the tax cuts ...
BILL SHAW

We shot just over 20 percent from the field. We struggled the whole first half. We took shots but ju...
BILL SHAW

And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.
FIONA SHAW

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at...
FIONA SHAW

It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them.
CLIFF SHAW

To devise an information processing system capable of getting along on its own - it must handle its ...
CLIFF SHAW

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me beca...
TOMMY SHAW

There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I hav...
IRWIN SHAW

It is a shame that when we have a good dream we are asleep at the time.
P.K. SHAW

My biggest problem in middle school was catty girls, cliques, and trying to figure out if I wanted t...
LINDSEY SHAW

I think it's a disgrace to have the Pennsylvania mine effluent coming out as it is.
JIM SHAW

Once you've played in the NHL, I think you get a little misunderstood sometimes. These guys, with th...
BRAD SHAW

We are proud to welcome Corn, LP as the 21st ethanol plant in Iowa. This plant is a showcase of the ...
MONTE SHAW

Jeff satisfied his mandatory against top-rated contender Robin Reid in August so he wouldn't be stri...
GARY SHAW

We lost him to Harvard. I didn't want that to happen again.
RICHARD SHAW

We'll be willing to have Minister [Michael] Baker meet with this person and discuss this tax policy ...
CATHY SHAW

Windsurfers are fitter than sailors. We're so much more kinetic. In some boats, you can literall...
BRYONY SHAW

You don't know what a fanatic Judy Garland fan or an Oz fanatic is capable of. They think they want ...
MICHAEL SHAW

You'll now be able to go to one area for pizza and another for grilled items, another for general co...
DAVE SHAW

Vinnie wrestled hard, and he had not practiced all week because (of illness) but wrestled well enoug...
SCOTT SHAW

This program allows lenders to build a risk preparedness model to respond to future disasters. In ad...
SCOTT SHAW

Eloping, as we define it as anything other than the TBW, is really growing fast.
SCOTT SHAW

We're doing business the same way we did two years ago,
SCOTT SHAW

Or hold public office?
SCOTT SHAW

Tony is just a tough kid who has dedicated himself to the sport. He's been very businesslike this ye...
SCOTT SHAW

Christian and Vinnie see that Tony is not doing anything different than they are. They just have to ...
SCOTT SHAW

I think these younger guys see Tony, what he accomplished, and know as a freshman he took his lumps,...
SCOTT SHAW

The pipeline successfully passed a 48-hour pressure test. These first two wells, which are expected ...
SCOTT SHAW

I've been gearing up for this future of writing a lot of new music by digging into my favorite o...
CAROLINE SHAW

While investing in Dell shares now might not offer instant gratification, we believe investors with ...
SHAW WU

They're basically cinder block walls and a black concrete floor right now. We feel it's important to...
DAVE SHAW

I've never imagined something like this before. It's just the judicial system gone awry. It's a horr...
CLYDE SHAW

Anywhere in the world, any day of the week, in 192 countries and territories worldwide, one can find...
VINESSA SHAW

Whoever it was that stole the ruby slippers they have not only robbed the museum, and robbed me of t...
MICHAEL SHAW

Some .. see things that are ... and ask why ? I Dream things that never were ... and ask Why Not !
G.B. SHAW

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting ...
TOMMY SHAW

Don't expect too much from the person you love or the person you trust because one day, they will en...
WAZIM SHAW

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.
FIONA SHAW

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.
FIONA SHAW

It's between us and the University of Calgary.
ADAM SHAW

The business is going very well.
ADAM SHAW

It's nice because I get to learn more about the Bible and what they (parents) learn.
ADAM SHAW

'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of...
CAROLINE SHAW

The key to our survival in the next two or three years is good surveillance.
ALAN SHAW

You make the vaccine all by yourself.
ALAN SHAW

Theoretically you could have a vaccine in a tomato.
ALAN SHAW

I'm a huge fan of Asian cooking in general. I love shabu shabu, and I love hibachi. It's kin...
KIM SHAW

H-E-B is well known and we look forward to being able to align ourselves with such a venerated compa...
MARK SHAW

I told the girls we had to come out and have a good first, and they came out and played good defense...
ACEY SHAW

You can get very self-important about it, but the point is it's play.
FIONA SHAW

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.
FIONA SHAW

I've enjoyed it and I would like to make more films because it allows me this terrible time I need t...
FIONA SHAW

The way I look at it is that I am a non-man playing somebody who perceives himself to be a non-man.
FIONA SHAW

I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerou...
FIONA SHAW

There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Irelan...
FIONA SHAW

He never ran from personal pain, but he rushed to help you with yours, ... He was rabbi, priest, cha...
BERNARD SHAW

All of this didn't prove anything. It didn't get anywhere. It just created a mess. It muddied names ...
GARY SHAW

I have a fairly open view about this. There's a wide range of candidates.
JOHN SHAW

Our proximity to (Route) 55 is not as great, but we feel the High Street corridor is going to be mor...
MICHAEL SHAW

You're looking at basically doubling the production amounts, but the impact on Archer Daniels Midlan...
MONTE SHAW

It had all the makings for a close ballgame.
BILL SHAW

Things went as I expected. I think Roberts's opening statement was eloquent. I've seen him in court....
TED SHAW

We think Hewlett-Packard will finally get credit for improving execution, possibly putting to rest c...
CINDY SHAW

The Next statement has given a boost to general retailers and the Next share price in particular.
PHILIP SHAW

The parking spaces outweigh the height.
CHRIS SHAW

After two or three years of 20 to 30 percent returns to think that Wall Street or international capi...
MONTE SHAW

Very good. You did the smart thing by going straight to customer service.
AMY SHAW

I'm trying to find out what happened to my mother and brother. I begged them to come here with us, b...
AMY SHAW

Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished. You're ...
TOMMY SHAW

We remain unconvinced that an acquirer would be interested in buying/merging with Hanson, unless the...
DARREN SHAW

The rebound so far this year is unconvincing and that has to place a question mark against the Bank ...
PHILIP SHAW

I don't know why it is. I have my own theories. Juniors are not playing as much, most kids are in ca...
ANDY SHAW

If people are unhappy with their bundle, that's not good for us either.
ANDY SHAW

We're obviously not good enough to just show up and win.
CHRIS SHAW

This is one of those days where you get the feeling things aren't going to go right, and they contin...
CHRIS SHAW

Watching the talent, enthusiasm and the dedication of all the students reinforced why I chose this p...
CHRIS SHAW

It will be a question of how quick they grasp our style of play and develop the level of confidence ...
CHRIS SHAW

Our question mark is in the back. We lost a few and our goalie. We are young in the back, but talent...
CHRIS SHAW

We had had the 20-3 season, and saw we can compete at a higher level. At that point, we knew we need...
CHRIS SHAW

I'm the oldest racer with the oldest boat, but I'm a rookie, that's why there is an 'X' on this helm...
DENNIS SHAW

One day, I learned that a single look can change everything. And since then I have seen it countless...
ALI SHAW

We must either breed political capacity or be ruined by Democracy, which was forced on us by the fai...
BERNARD SHAW

In the news trenches, always he battled to be accurately first, ... Ed Turner was walking ethics.
BERNARD SHAW

All kinds of ordnance was being dropped, all kinds of bombs, and I made my peace with myself that I ...
BERNARD SHAW

When it comes to sexuality, romantic love plays a large part in feminine sexual scripts. Research su...
SUSAN SHAW

There are politics in sexual relationships because they occur in the context of a society that assig...
SUSAN SHAW

This budget is unreal. This is an election budget.
AUDLEY SHAW

It is all well and good for the minister to come and to brag and to gloat about a 66.66 percent incr...
AUDLEY SHAW

We're a little disappointed in the subscriber numbers at DirecTV, but it's not something to slit you...
JACK SHAW

You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a...
IRWIN SHAW

I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards...
FIONA SHAW

I am involved in Greenpeace. And I just recently completely switched my diet over to near-veganism. ...
LINDSEY SHAW

You don't have to be a computer expert. You don't have to be a geek at all to do it.
ANDY SHAW

I think he would be our recommendation.
JOHN SHAW

I haven't found any servants in this house. Just me. That's it.
JANE SHAW

Given recent macro and consumer data have been positive, Travis is a great recovery story on a 12-mo...
DARREN SHAW

The beaches are quite low and so with this rapid sea level rise they're going to just go underwater.
JOHN SHAW

I think it's fair to compare Tampa to New York or Los Angeles, not Las Vegas. I think Tampa is a bet...
GARY SHAW

Fond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence an unexplained peace
ANNE SHAW

Basic fairness means the displaced people in Florida should be handled the same as those in Louisian...
CLAY SHAW

It was hard. We had no clue how large the room was and we didn't know where the perimeter was.
JOHN SHAW

There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't...
IRWIN SHAW

You go to the multiplex and you don't see anyone you know, ... invariably you see someone you know. ...
IRWIN SHAW

I just read that 5,113,275 people got married last year. Math was not exactly my favorite subject at school, but shouldn't that be an even number?

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I just read that 5,113,275 people got married last year. Math was not exactly my favorite subject at school, but shouldn't that be an even number?

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