Will Shields Quotes
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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A novel is not a rant.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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When I got out of high school, I started breaking out. I tried everything from A to Z as far as seeing doctors and getting prescriptions. I even did home remedies, and I had no luck. A fan gave me Proactiv, and it cleared my skin, but there were too many steps. I lose everything, and I lost one of the products. My acne started to come back.
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was about five, so my education was in Australia, and I always felt I was Australian even though my passport was British.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
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To be successful for a moment because of one movie doesn't mean anything.
Nastassja Kinski
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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My first real business was bootlegging T-shirts - I was just a dumb kid. You go to a concert and pay $25 for a cotton T-shirt that says 'Rolling Stones,' 'Lollapalooza,' or whatever. On the outside they're 10 or 15 bucks. We were the guys selling them for 10 or 15 bucks.
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I think the younger kids need to realize there's this whole forgotten 90s that people don't really talk about.
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Dont forget, I was the soft, pudgy kid in school that everyone made fun of.
