David Shields Quotes
The N.C.A.A. is a multibillion-dollar business built on the talents of players who are often unqualified for or uninterested in being students and who benefit materially from the system only if they are among the few who turn professional.David Shields
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
Quintilian -
We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
Hanya Yanagihara -
Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
Sam Graves -
There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
Quentin Tarantino -
We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar actions, and three of us in the community are forbidden to visit him because we're all convicted felons.
Daniel Berrigan -
I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
Zach Johnson The Fray
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
E. W. Howe -
I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.
Parminder Nagra -
I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
W. Bruce Cameron -
I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
Rand Paul -
To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
Olivier Megaton -
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Oscar Wilde
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
Edmund Morgan -
I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
Salma Hayek -
With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.
Garth Nix -
Having people jumping in front of you taking a photo can be unnerving.
Orlando Bloom -
I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
Vince Carter -
I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
Wanda Jackson
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If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.
Joan Collins -
My first professional acting job was in 'Hair' during the Vietnam War. So I think I've always been drawn to projects with a social conscience.
Clarke Peters -
At no time have I ever said that people should be stripped of their right to the insanity of belief in God. If they want to practice this kind of irrationality, that's their business. It won't get them anywhere; it certainly won't make them happier or more compassionate human beings; but if they want to chew that particular cud. they're welcome to it.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair -
Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls.
Zadie Smith -
In many ways, human health is the great global connector.
Kathleen Sebelius -
The N.C.A.A. is a multibillion-dollar business built on the talents of players who are often unqualified for or uninterested in being students and who benefit materially from the system only if they are among the few who turn professional.
David Shields