David Shields Quotes
I want work that, possessing as thin a membrane as possible between life and art, foregrounds the question of how the writer solves being alive.
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After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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Chipotles, which are dried jalapeno peppers, give out a terrific smoky flavour - they're warm, earthy and usually not too spicy.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
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I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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We are keeping a close watch as Nepal is of vital interest to India.
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Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection entertains a sacrifice. Our thoughts are often worse than we are, just as they are often better.
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We can never flee the misery that is within us.
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It is sometimes necessary to use unnecessary words like thank you and please just to make life prettier.
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I want work that, possessing as thin a membrane as possible between life and art, foregrounds the question of how the writer solves being alive.
