David K. Shipler Quotes

Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed.

David K. Shipler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 3, 1942

Topics

JobEyeDoingImportantSometimes

I write in reverse: Rather than come up with a narrative and write jokes for that narrative, I write jokes independently of the narrative, then I try to fit them in.

Jeff Kinney

TryWriteJokesUpNarrativeCome

I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites.

Tony Hillerman

AttitudeRespectTimeMindStart

You live as long as you dance.

Rudolf Nureyev

LiveDanceLongYou

It's weird... people say they're not like apes. Now how do you explain football then?

Mitch Hedberg

FootballPeopleWeirdYouNowSay

Always be yourself... unless you suck.

Joss Whedon

YourselfBe YourselfYouAlwaysSuck

I really feel that acting for film and acting for the stage are two different crafts. I think that they share things in common. But I liken it to a painter switching over to photography. There are similar things - you have to be conscious of light and color and form - but it's a whole different medium.

Jordan Bridges

LightColorThinkPhotographyActing

I want to be taken seriously as a musician.

Jonah Marais

WantSeriouslyMusicianTaken

I seem to attract and be attracted to very willful, fascinating people.

Johnny Marr

PeopleSeemAttractVeryAttracted

Since I'm always working, my best holiday memories are definitely when I can just go home and spend time with my family.

Chris Brown

FamilyHomeMemoriesTimeBestGo

The phone space is tough because it is consolidated.

Brian Krzanich

SpaceToughPhoneBecause

Find out what you're afraid of and go live there.

Chuck Palahniuk

FearLiveYouFindGoOut

One of the great things about Churchill is that he had the guts to say the unpalatable, to level with the people, even if it cost him politically to tell them the truth.

Anthony McCarten

TruthGreatPeopleGreat ThingsSay

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