David Shields Quotes

Seattle is still more Caucasian than most medium-sized cities. The sort of psychosexual politics of white fandom in context of black athletes who are also both very rich and slightly angry is just, to me, bottomlessly fascinating.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1956

Topics

PoliticsAngryMeBlackRichWhite

I think there is sexy. And then there's tacky sexy. When you're young, you can get away with tacky sexy. I mean, it's not even tacky when you're young. But when you get older, it's just tacky.

Andie MacDowell

ThinkSexyYouYoungMeanGet

The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal.

Matt Smith

DoctorStorytellingUniversalWho

Most people in protest mobs are pretty sincere and don't want to fight cops or break things.

John Sandford

FightPeopleWantBreakPrettyMost

I live a pretty anonymous life.

Amos Lee

LifeLivePrettyAnonymous

It's easy to measure success by the number of dollars spent or by the number of programs initiated, without having too much regard for what was bought and how useful it was to the people who need it - the war fighter and the analyst.

Stephen Cambone

SuccessWarPeopleEasyMeasure

I'm part of a great job where I get paid to learn. My first brush with the world of showbiz happened when I got selected while I auditioned for 'Dhoom Machao Dhoom' at my college in Delhi.

Sriti Jha

GreatJobCollegeWorldLearnFirst

The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.

Russell Simmons

PainPeopleUncomfortableLookJazz

People say: 'Models are so young, they're so skinny.' But Mr. Balenciaga used models at 16, and that will never change. People say they are skinny, but there is a difference between skinny and sick. If someone is sick, they're sick. It's not because of fashion. If I have flu, I have flu; it's not because I work in fashion.

Domenico Dolce

WorkChangePeopleFashionSickSay

Anytime I'm playing music or getting ready to record, Duane Allman will enter my thoughts, and so will Berry Oakley. It's part of my musical makeup and mental process when it comes to music. We learned to play together and taught each other a lot.

Dickey Betts

MusicTogetherThoughtsMakeupPlay

Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

Christie Hefner

LeadershipBelieveYouTableSitting

Really, anyone can learn how to fly. If you can drive a bus, you can fly an airplane.

Cory Lidle

FlyDriveAirplaneLearnYouBus

Faith is the most important thing in the world to me. It's the greatest strength I've had. It's helped me get through the hard times. You're not going to win every one of your football games. I've always said I'm not going to make football my god. A lot of coaches put so much into coaching football games that they have nothing left.

Bobby Bowden

StrengthGodFaithFootballMeWin

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