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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The big bulk of the response to antidepressants is the placebo response.
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There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
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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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People hate searching.
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It is in their inherent moral components that recent Western strategies may be deficient. What percentage of the populations in countries engaged in the 14-year effort in Afghanistan could even name the three main Taliban groups with whom their soldiers have been engaged?
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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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I don't know how to thank everyone for all their help.
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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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To draw you must close your eyes and sing.
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A short-term economic stimulus to help lift us out of this economic slowdown has to be followed by business tax credits and smart investments to sustain longer-term growth.
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The metro section of the newspaper every day is full of stuff I can use. It's the greatest inspiration for me because it's full of endings. That's where the ends of stories show up.
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Some say, why will people pay for cinema when they can watch cheaper DVDs at home? But I say, everyone has a kitchen at home, yet there are still many restaurants.
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Relaxing, embracing, surrendering, trusting - these are the only tools of a lover of truth. So, turn from warrior into a lover.
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All human beings have bodies. All bodies are mortal. Yours, too, is one of these bodies.
