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WALLACE SHAWN My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In oth... WALLACE SHAWN I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies. WALLACE SHAWN 'The Fever' is a one-person play. I decided I would perform it myself, and I decided I would... WALLACE SHAWN We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor ... WALLACE SHAWN It is hard enough to make a plan for how you are going to spend an evening with somebody else. So to... WALLACE SHAWN I am recognized a lot for 'Clueless,' but I am recognized a great deal for 'The Princess... WALLACE SHAWN When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expr... WALLACE SHAWN We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, ... WALLACE SHAWN Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding any... WALLACE SHAWN I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my frien... WALLACE SHAWN 'The Princess Bride' is by far the most popular film I've ever done. I don't think I... WALLACE SHAWN CARLOS WALLACE You're a good man," Fang said. "You're the last good man in this whole town. All the good that could... DANIEL WALLACE MIKE WALLACE WALLACE STEVENS WALLACE STEVENS WALLACE STEVENS O! Desolated Scotland, too credulous of fair speeches, and not aware of the calamities which are com... WILLIAM WALLACE NICOLLE WALLACE I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy. CHRIS WALLACE Cut blocking is not fair, it's going after the legs. It would be the same thing if in NASCAR you wer... AL WALLACE Football was a game that had kicked me around pretty good for a few years. I almost called him and s... AL WALLACE If you look at the film like we did this morning, he's making more plays after the first and second ... AL WALLACE You win football games by stopping the run and 1,800 yards this year is definitely a priority for us... AL WALLACE It's a good feeling to go out and play like we did. So many guys made so many plays today. We gave t... AL WALLACE It's going to be interesting. They have a great team. Some great weapons on offense and their defens... AL WALLACE You try to contain (Vick) as best you can, but once he's in your sights you have to open fire. If yo... AL WALLACE With our legs and knees there is enough bad stuff that can happen on accident. But to allow someone ... AL WALLACE I fell down in the mud and here it comes falling down in my lap. AL WALLACE It's kind of scary. You look at the things they're doing, 4-0 now, it's kind of parallel to what we ... AL WALLACE I think the long-term potential is very, very good. There's a large amount of energy in the ocean. 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Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. 
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The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught. 
Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... 
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out... 
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Smartass Disciple: Master, I want to be the better me by forgetting my past.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power. 
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I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you can... 
How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... 
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Would that my hands were meant to build. I would know what to say. What to do. Maybe in another life... 
If you wish to converse with me, define your terms 
For years I played the what-if game. Maybe you're acquainted with this pastime. The rules are simple... 
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If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. 
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. 
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. 
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After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs. 
The imagination is man's power over nature. 
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