David Shields Quotes
I'm really interested in the new nonfiction. I think the hyper-digital culture has changed our brains in ways we cannot begin to fathom.
Quotes to Explore
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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I would bump A Tribe Called Quest in my car all day.
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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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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act.
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I had just done a movie called 'How to Beat the High Cost of Living,' and it didn't get a good review. And the same people sent me the script for 'Airplane!' for the Robert Hays part. I read it, and there were a lot of plays on words, and I said, 'I don't like this kind of comedy.'
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'Harry!' Boutin said. 'Nice guy. Didn’t know he was that smart. He hid it well.'
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I am quite above physical death and believe it to be only the birth throes for a much purer life in a much purer draping.
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Good priests never look for awards and, perversely enough in the clerical culture universe, do not receive many. Like the aged nuns who taught selflessly and nearly anonymously all their lives, these servants of the People of God only get into the papers when their obituaries are printed.
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You didn’t understand what he was saying, until he kissed you. It was a kiss of such complicity, of such uncomplicated sympathy, that you felt for the first time not alone in your suffering.
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I'm really interested in the new nonfiction. I think the hyper-digital culture has changed our brains in ways we cannot begin to fathom.
