David Shields Quotes
Straightforward fiction functions only as more Bubble Wrap, nostalgia, retreat.
David Shields
Quotes to Explore
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In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.
Jackson Katz
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My first time coming over to North America was to New York around Christmastime when I was 7. My mom was a flight attendant, and she got put on to the Trans-Atlantic route over Christmastime, so she brought the whole family.
Becky Lynch
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I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.
Adam Kluger
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Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained.
Pankaj Mishra
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
Harold MacMillan
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That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever.
Gary Lineker
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I was going to France to do my masters and my Ph.D., but I didn't know how to say, 'bonjour.' You really feel like a baby, starting everything from scratch.
Zeresenay Alemseged
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I think of myself as a Romantic Symbolist.
Cy Twombly
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On March 5, I will behead Rafael dos Anjos. I will drag his head through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, through a parade of people I'd imagine. It will become a national holiday also I would imagine.
Conor McGregor
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History teaches us that war is not inevitable. Once again, it is for us to choose whether we use war or some other method of settling the ordinary and unavoidable conflicts between groups of men.
Aldous Huxley
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I'll tell ya, in New York City, where I've lived far too long, 'fuck' isn't even a word, it's a comma.
Lewis Black
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When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.
Chilon of Sparta
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Once we establish an architectural style in each park, we stick with it religiously and comprehensively so that it comes out as a gestalt.
Douglas Tompkins
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To me, it's like the difference between a pen and a paintbrush. Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really is that intangible - it's like you're pulling from the ether. I don't know where it comes from. Nobody really does. It sort of arrives when it wants to.
Brandon Boyd
Incubus
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I used to worship the mighty genius of Michael Angelo - that man who was great in poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture - great in every thing he undertook. But I do not want Michael Angelo for breakfast - for luncheon - for dinner - for tea - for supper - for between meals. I like a change, occasionally.
Mark Twain
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I suppose that if your name is Freud, it is better to be related to Sigmund than not. It must be frustrating to have to keep denying family connection.
Clement Freud
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Straightforward fiction functions only as more Bubble Wrap, nostalgia, retreat.
David Shields
