David Shields Quotes

I am interested in work that jumps boundaries, and that makes trouble. Part of me is comfortable with that: with being a bit of a troublemaker.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkI AmMeTroubleComfortable

The left and right are not religious categories. They're often not even value categories.

Jim Wallis

ValueRightLeftEvenReligious

I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.

Joan Collins

LazyShySupposeBit

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

John Travolta

CharacterManLooksSometimesActor

What part of people is resistant to an artist doing more than one thing? Is it somehow perceived as greedy? Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things - to write, to play music, to paint, to cook.

Minnie Driver

MusicCreativePeopleWeirdDoing

Allison Janney is amazing, and Anna Faris was a revelation to me.

Mimi Kennedy

AmazingMeRevelationAnnaAllison

Women are the harshest critics of other women.

Joy Bryant

WomenCriticsWomen AreOther

I think escapism is really important.

Jordana Brewster

ThinkImportantEscapismI Think

Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing.

Christopher Walken

DoingKnowLinesBecauseReally

We're not a homogeneous party, anymore than the Republicans are. But we are a party that I think has a plan to take us forward.

Antonio Villaraigosa

ForwardThinkPlanPartyTakeUs

There's no such thing as ageing gracefully. I don't meet people who want to get Alzheimer's disease, or who want to get cancer or arthritis or any of the other things that afflict the elderly. Ageing is bad for you, and we better just actually accept that.

Aubrey de Grey

PeopleBetterYouBadWantMeet

I feel - as I'm edging to my thirties, I feel like a stronger person and a more confident person.

Poppy Delevingne

ConfidentFeelStrongerPersonMore

An audience shouldn't listen with complacency.

Peter Maxwell Davies

ComplacencyListenAudience

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