David Shields Quotes

Immanence, or complicity, allows the writer to be a kind of shock absorber of the culture: to reflect back its 'whatness,' refracted through the sensibility of his consciousness.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

Anatoly Chubais

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Artificial intelligence, machine learning... cell therapy, immunotherapy. There's just a constant stream of investment ideas we could pursue better in that fashion.

John L. Flannery

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Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

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Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

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The oil boom is providing Montanans an opportunity for good paying jobs.

Steve Bullock

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I've always been different.

Juice Wrld

AlwaysDifferentBeen

I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars.

Joshua Chamberlain

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Once upon a time, this idea of having a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory was not nearly so alien as it would seem to us to be today.

Joshua Foer

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Kristen Stewart is kind of captivating; she can just stare at stuff and it works because I still want to watch it.

Joss Whedon

WantKindSheWatchStareStuff

I'm not a believer in 'what you don't know won't hurt you,' unless it's innocent.

Jay Ellis

HurtYouInnocentKnowBeliever

The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that.

David Soul

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'Superman' has always been about Lois Lane, Superman and Clark Kent and this love triangle between these three people who really are only two people.

Bryan Singer

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