David K. Shipler Quotes

If you stand with the Customs and Border Protection officers who staff the passport booths at Dulles airport near the nation's capital, their task seems daunting.

David K. Shipler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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In the entertainment business, everybody is desperately insecure, and the guys in Silicon Valley seem to be slightly overconfident.

Jimmy Iovine

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So we got there at 6 a.m. We'd be shooting by 6:45. We wouldn't break for lunch, we'd just pass food around all day. And we would just rock and roll 'til 4, then Matty Libatique, our great cinematographer, would say, 'Outta light, guys' - and that was it.

Joel Schumacher

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Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - and the latter becomes far more pronounced in an election-year State of the Union.

Robert Dallek

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I had to learn to navigate the political and religious currents in a state where Mormonism dominates despite not being Mormon.

Ron Stallworth

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My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff.

Mike Myers

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Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original.

Lukas Foss

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You tend to find the best in yourself as an artist when you're challenged.

Jay Kristoff

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All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player.

Jon Gruden

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One time I happened to use the word 'denigrate' onstage, and it didn't get any reaction. So as I continued my act, the left side of my brain was fast-forwarding to see if I had any other big words coming up.

Bob Newhart

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Regarded zoologically, man is today an almost isolated figure in nature. In his cradle, he was less isolated.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.

Suzy Bogguss

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Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

Maria Mitchell

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