David Shields Quotes
All human beings have bodies. All bodies are mortal. Yours, too, is one of these bodies.
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I put pressure on myself all the time. I felt it so much with 'Sax,' but I had to just let go and enjoy it.
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.
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I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was.
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I have never been worried about the future. I will always be able to drive my own feet.
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September 11 happened, and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.
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I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.
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When I taught, all my best students were women.
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The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.
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If a man is a writer, everybody tiptoes around past the locked door of the breadwinner. But if you're an ordinary female housewife, people say, 'This is just something Barbara wanted to do; it's not professional.'
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Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can.
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Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.
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Except for naval and air exercises, our military should be stationed on American soil, where service men and women can lead normal lives in close proximity to family and friends.
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But in this case, he had my cell phone and my phone was ringing and I had just come back from Australia on the plane and I thought it was my mum and it was Woody Allen just checking to see if I wanted to be in his movie.
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What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.
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My mom went to that same doctor and got a butt lift. It's a little too lifted, I think, alright. Now every time she farts only dogs can hear it.
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He is not mad in the least. He's a very astute person, a clever person.
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Boarding school is a wicked thing.
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An elaborate system of etiquette and social standards flowered around the home phone: how long a child might be allowed to stay on the phone, how late one could call without being impolite, and of course, the dread implications of a late night call which violated that norm.
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There is nothing that a military machine can do to work a miracle.
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I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build India into a land of equal opportunity for all. We can be a truly great nation if we set our sights high and deliver to the people the fruits of continued growth, prosperity and equal opportunity.
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Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.
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I'm a different immigrant. My life is so lucky compared to so many.
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All human beings have bodies. All bodies are mortal. Yours, too, is one of these bodies.
