David Shields Quotes
Your art is most alive and dangerous when you use it against yourself. That's why I pick at my scabs.
Quotes to Explore
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If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can't we deter Iran?
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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
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My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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It's double talk and double standards. It's like, be honest, but don't be too honest. Look fresh-faced and young, but don't tell us how you got there. God forbid you have plastic surgery, even though we're telling you, 'Oh, you look old.' Be a career woman, but also, why aren't you having kids? Are you some kind of cold shrew?
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Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.
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I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
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Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.
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I am a common man. Why do I need security?
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Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.
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I am shocked that Republicans can't explain why our technological and economic advantages are the result of sound monetary and economic policy.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bullied. The reality is, it's about them, not you... I'm all about blocking people. I'm all about saying, 'You know what, I don't need this in my life.'
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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.
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If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?
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Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
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You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.
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I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
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You who hate the Jews so, why did you adopt their religion?
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I can destroy a dance floor. I think life should be a musical. I always hate it when people watch a musical and they go, 'Oh, it's so unrealistic, no one just breaks into song in the middle of their day.' Yeah, they do- if they're me.
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My most favorite thing about London is that nobody recognizes me. It's really... cool.
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He was a man who looked at what ought to be done, not to the reputation which is got by a man's acts
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Being a cult figure in one's own lifetime I am afraid is not at all pleasant. However I do not find that it tends to puff one up: in my case at any rate it makes me feel extremely small and inadequate. But even the nose of a very modest idol cannot remain entirely untickled by the sweet smell of incense.
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Your art is most alive and dangerous when you use it against yourself. That's why I pick at my scabs.
