David Shields Quotes
Take Jonathan Franzen's work: it's just old wine in new bottles. They say he's the Tolstoy of the digital age, but there can only be a Tolstoy of the Tolstoyan age.
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In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.
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I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.
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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.
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How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.
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In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.
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Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour. I always felt that was too young of an age for that.
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I work hard and support myself.
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Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.
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I always want to work.
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A lot of people get writer's block, and I think you just have to show up for work, sit down, and be like, 'I'm here.' You have to stay confident and positive that you're going to write something.
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Once you have a plan, you must sell it to the players. It is not enough to put it on the blackboard and say, 'Okay, here it is.' You have to convince the players that the plan is a good one and show them, in specific ways, why it will work. If you do, you send them out to the practice field with more confidence.
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I appreciate that something I've done has found a safe place to land.
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Take Jonathan Franzen's work: it's just old wine in new bottles. They say he's the Tolstoy of the digital age, but there can only be a Tolstoy of the Tolstoyan age.
