David Shields Quotes
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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script... The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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SAP is a great company, but they have their work cut out for them if they want to compete in databases.
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I think I have lived in every part of L.A. except downtown. Everywhere from Topanga Canyon to Toluca Lake.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.
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Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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Fame, do I like it? No. It has bought a lot for me in my career, but there are a lot of downsides to it. You give up your privacy. I did it to myself but not to my family and friends. You don't ask for it. You just have to live with it.
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Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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I never work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end.
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To be honest, I don't know really what I do on stage.
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Nothing not built with hands of course is sacred. But here is not a question of what's sacred; Rather of what to face or run away from. I'd hate to be a runaway from nature.
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When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.
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Most of us have faced a - faced a serious budget problem or another at some pivotal moment in our lives.
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The only requirement of a fan or a patient is the surrender to authority.
