David Shields Quotes
Both of my parents were journalists, and my rebellion, such as it was, was to become a fiction writer.
David Shields
Quotes to Explore
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
Harold MacMillan
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The first time I heard Adam Feeney and Chester Stone Hansen's 'Vibez,' it was used in Drake's '0-100' as a sample.
Yuna
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
Gabriel Mann
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
J. D. Salinger
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
Zoey Deutch
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
Abu Bakar Bashir
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I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act and get it together, people would want to work with you. Some people are so difficult, it's just not worth working with them.
Patrick Stewart
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You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you.
David Ogden Stiers
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
Epictetus
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The writing is really important in books that affect me. I read for the writing. The story is usually of less interest to me. It's the words that break your heart.
James Salter
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When you were growing up, your mom and dad told you to look both ways before crossing the street or not to get into a car with a stranger. It's the same with the Internet. We have a big responsibility and a huge role in bringing all the stakeholders to the table - users, parents, educators, law enforcement, government organisations.
Chris DeWolfe
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Both of my parents were journalists, and my rebellion, such as it was, was to become a fiction writer.
David Shields
