David Shields Quotes
I like having a paperback original. And until literature catches up with the culture - the violence, language, syntax, compression, concision, complexity and diversity that the Internet offers - books still make sense.
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting.
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive.
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Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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I eat next to nothing.
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Evil report carries further than any applause.
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What I love about the theatre is that it's always metaphorical. It's like going back to being a kid again, and we're all pretending in a room. Sometimes, when the pretending really works, I find it much, much more moving than something on film.
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Everyone truly does have God given gifts... Find them and use them, and don't let anyone else tell you that you are less than who you are.
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I'm scared to death to fly commercial... I have not flown commercial since 9/11.
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Technically, I've learned that having good legs and wind is good for being on stage. You have to be in shape and have endurance.
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I like having a paperback original. And until literature catches up with the culture - the violence, language, syntax, compression, concision, complexity and diversity that the Internet offers - books still make sense.
