David Shields Quotes

As a work gets more autobiographical, more intimate, more confessional, more embarrassing, it breaks into fragments.

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• We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.

  

  Hamid Karzai
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• I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.

  

  Magic Johnson
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• Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

  

  Wayne Dyer
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• After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it's left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film.

  

  Gabrielle Union
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• I've got pretty good knowledge about pass rushing. But I know I have a lot to work on.

  

  Malik Jackson
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• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was not engaged in subversive work; she was an apolitical project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the Reuters news agency.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
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• Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.

  

  Ma Long
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• Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
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• War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

  

  Napoleon Hill
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• I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.

  

  Jack Lowden
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• I want to work with the best coaches in the world.

  

  Eden Hazard
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• The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.

  

  Adam Driver
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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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• 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'm really, really happy with what I do for a living. I mean, that's what I consider work, like being on set, bringing a character to life and, you know, working with other actors and directors and stuff.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
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• I don't know how many bestsellers I've got, or half the awards I've won, and I don't really care. I'm just having fun, doing something I love and getting paid for it. How cool is that?

  

  R. A. Salvatore
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• Agatha Christie? We go back years, me and Ag. She's a … she's just a … she's dead, isn't she?

  

  Eddie Izzard
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• I love David Caruso. I know it's not cool, but I do. I watch CSI: Miami. I think he's interesting.

  

  James Denton
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• Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony.

  

  Gail Collins
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• As a work gets more autobiographical, more intimate, more confessional, more embarrassing, it breaks into fragments.

  

  David Shields
  • Work