David Shields Quotes
The real impulse of most books is to tell a story to keep the reader lashed to the page. I don't get why that's a proper use of an adult's time.
David Shields
Quotes to Explore
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
Sam Crawford
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
Karin Slaughter
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
L. Ron Hubbard
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
Barack Obama
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I don't know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it's not always the purest of things for why I take a job or do this. I always try to think of the many different factors in my life, and not one is pure greed. One is pure quality of life.
J. C. Chandor
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
Adam Grant
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Camfed has worked for more than two decades in partnership with poor families, transforming this desire for girls' education into reality, and showing the measurable benefits of girls' education for all of us.
Ann Cotton
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
Ian McDiarmid
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It's really touching that we can come back after so long and care about making an album that says as much as this one does. And after all this time, we really do care about each other.
Lindsey Buckingham
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I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation. But 'Road' was the first time I'd read a play written in a very true Northern dialect that seemed to have that excitement running through it.
John Tiffany
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By the time it came to the 90s, the late 90s, being a businessman was the beacon to uphold. We've been having the concept of the best rapper equals the best businessman.
M.I.A.
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The real impulse of most books is to tell a story to keep the reader lashed to the page. I don't get why that's a proper use of an adult's time.
David Shields
