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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I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
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I am a common man. Why do I need security?
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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 just need to put yourself in someone else's shoes and then see how they feel and then you will understand why they are reacting or why they are behaving the way that they are behaving. We need to be fair.
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We're so enamored of technological advancements that we fail to think about how to best apply those technologies to what we're trying to achieve. This can mask some very important continuities in the nature of war and their implications for our responsibilities as officers.
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It's kind of an art, going out and performing. I'd like fans to remember me as a guy who would go out and entertain them, give them quality matches, and not just the same old garbage every week.
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Why be a governor or senator when you can be king of Disneyland?
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When you have these surprise breakout films that do well, that have good performances in them, it puts a lot of pressure on the Academy to recognize those projects, so it's more of a conversation about what is greenlit.
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When Texans suffered from the collapse of the oil market in the 1980s, they could rely on the fiscal union to help them. When Texas boomed with rising oil prices in the 2000s, it contributed to the union to help harder hit regions.
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I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
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Like a lot of people, I pray for a sick relative or that kind of thing, but I don't pray to make my next flight connection at the airport. I find prayers before sports contests to be insensitive and kind of demeaning, at least when someone prays to beat the other team or something like that.
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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.
