David Shields Quotes

Both of my parents were journalists, and my rebellion, such as it was, was to become a fiction writer.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ParentsRebellionBecomeFiction

I wasn't driven. I just really loved what I did.

Jo Stafford

LovedDrivenJustDidReally

My dad wasn't a gangster, and he wasn't a criminal, but he sure liked to rub padded shoulders with them.

Jerry Heller

GangsterShouldersCriminalSureHe

I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.

John Bolton

SweetWillReasonUpPrevailGiven

One factor that favors easier adjustment in EMEs is that U.S. monetary policy normalization has been and should continue to be gradual, as long as the U.S. economy evolves roughly as expected.

Jerome Powell

LongEconomyPolicyFavorsBeen

These days, to be seven years in one spot in any pro sport is a pretty long tenure.

Andrew Bogut

LongYearsDaysPrettySevenTenure

I didn't feel I belonged in so perfect a family.

Michael Reagan

FamilyFeelPerfectBelonged

Actors were the first people to accept me.

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

PeopleMeAcceptFirstWere

Music was always encouraged as a passion and a hobby, but I was never told, 'This should be your job. You write music and record for a living.' It doesn't happen for people.

Lucy Dacus

MusicPassionJobPeopleHobbyYou

In L.A., my house is surrounded by churches, and there are no cars, so it's really nice to just walk around before I go home to check my emails from Spain, which have been coming in all night.

Jordi Molla

HomeWalkNightHouseGoNice

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

Douglas Adams

ImpossibleWrongGoRepairOutGet

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Colin Powell

LeadershipFailureConfidenceDay

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

Clive Anderson

WordsI AmDefeatWillStickGoing

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