Quote by Wallace Shawn
But because weve all been readers, we know what the experience is

But because weve all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone. – Wallace Shawn

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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that. – Wallace Shawn

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History
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I led the life of an intellectual up until a certain age. I remember Freuds Interpretation of Dreams was a big favorite when I was 11. It sounded so interesting. And it really was! – Wallace Shawn

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Dreams
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For some reason, people find me funny. Its quite hard to define why a thought is funny. Its even harder to define why a person would be funny. Its a word that I cant define at all. But whether I know quite what it is or not, I seem to be it. – Wallace Shawn

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funny
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. – Abigail Adams

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Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners. – Eric Hoffer

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Experience

And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree. – Donald Norman

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If youre working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it. – Greg Kinnear

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