David Shields Quotes
I really love that idea of the essay as an investigation. That's all anyone's life is.David Shields
Quotes to Explore
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
Patricia Schroeder -
Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
Florence King -
I've been a fan since I was a kid of that sort of bump-in-the-night stuff. I don't tend to go in too much for the slash-and-burn-'em or the walker kills on 'The Walking Dead.' That stuff's not necessarily the stuff that frightens me or gets me going. It's more the terror of waiting, the thriller aspects, that I find compelling.
Dallas Roberts -
I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat!
Danica McKellar -
Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
Ice Cube -
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
Madeleine L'Engle
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
Tamra Davis -
Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
Sally Kirkland -
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
Imtiaz Ali -
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
Baruch Spinoza -
I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
Kate Winslet
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
Orlando Bloom -
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.
Ulrich Beck -
In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
Zhang Jindong -
Our reactor actually burns nuclear waste as fuel. So not only is it safe and powerful, it solves an important issue: It actually reduces nuclear waste instead of creating. It's the reactor of your dreams.
Nathan Myhrvold -
Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining.
Barry Ritholtz -
Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
Nate Diaz
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I feel music is another kind of literature.
Kevin Young -
After I eat asparagus...
Mel Brooks -
A woman's whole life is spent making chicken curry while her husband works. Then, any time he likes, he can kick her out.
Asma Jahangir -
Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay.
John Schlesinger -
Christendom has often achieved apparent success by ignoring the precepts of its founder.
H. Richard Niebuhr -
I really love that idea of the essay as an investigation. That's all anyone's life is.
David Shields