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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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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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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Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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I think the idea that women can stand up and be strong and still be seen as beautiful and sexual is kind of cool, and I would like to see more of that.
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I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.
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Just the life of doing what I do, being in the public eye, it's a stressful environment... You feel strange, self-aware, very foolish. Your third eye clicks on, just to try to maintain a healthy sense of perspective, and you think, 'What am I doing here? I'm just making a movie, and people want all these things from me.'
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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Life is life. Some of the wisest people you meet are sweeping our streets.
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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.
