David Shields Quotes
As a work gets more autobiographical, more intimate, more confessional, more embarrassing, it breaks into fragments.
David Shields
Quotes to Explore
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
Umberto Eco
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In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.
Taylor Spreitler
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Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.
Patricia Richardson
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Most of Planned Parenthood's work focuses on health care for low-income women: things like screenings for breast cancer and diabetes, and family planning.
Brown Campbell
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To be honest, I've made a game out of trying to live through my James Dean, Janis Joplin, Freddie Prinze, Jim Morrison period, those demons that we all have that we're either successful or not at making work for us rather than destroy us.
Patrick Swayze
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When I became a mother of two, I decided to work with brands that remind me of family because they're my No. 1 priority. Now I'm partnering with Puffs to encourage people to get out and not hibernate inside. People should enjoy the holiday season, and if you do have a runny nose or the sniffles, Puffs is there to take care of your symptoms.
Vanessa Lachey
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I have a tough time with stand-up because I am an improviser. I can riff; I can do crowd work, so I don't prepare.
T. J. Miller
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I like to flip flop, but making your days work to find a laugh is a really good way to spend a day. I appreciate it more going away and then coming back to it.
John Cho
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Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.
W. C. Fields
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When I read 'Absalom, Absalom!,' I remember being really excited about it and telling all my friends they had to read it, especially my writer friends.
Jesmyn Ward
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As a work gets more autobiographical, more intimate, more confessional, more embarrassing, it breaks into fragments.
David Shields