Charles J. Shields Quotes

If literary terms were about artistic merit and not the rules of convenience, about achievement and not safety, the term 'realism' would be an honorary one, conferred only on work that actually builds unsentimental reality on the page, that matches the complexity of life with an equally rich arrangement in language.

Charles J. Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 2, 1951

Topics

LifeWorkAchievementSafetyReality

I think everybody's had that feeling of sitting in a theater, in a dark room, with other strangers, watching a very powerful film, and they felt that feeling of transformation.

Jehane Noujaim

TransformationThinkPowerfulDark

I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.

Rob Lowe

LifeMemoriesGreatNowMoreThan

I won't do 'Strictly' or any of those ghastly reality programmes. 'I'm a Celebrity' would be the end. It makes me shudder.

Mary Berry

MeRealityEndCelebrityWouldAny

I like sneakers. I guess I could call myself a collector.

Mike Shinoda

MyselfSneakersCallLikeCollector

The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders' attitudes toward risk - and failure.

Dee Dee Myers

LifeNatureFailureRiskSquare

If you properly clean a room, it gets dirtier before it gets cleaner.

Chris Rock

YouCleanRoomCleanerBeforeGets

I thought I could beat anyone in the world.

Chuck Liddell

WorldThoughtBeatCouldAnyone

I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide.

Sheryl Sandberg

LeadershipWomenMenWomanThink

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

Martin Freeman

WorldFaceThinkMoreSeeNeeds

Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.

Montesquieu

ManBeingLawsLikePhysicalOther

Ambition never comes to an end.

Kenneth Kaunda

AmbitionEndNever

The resources at Harvard - its professors, our fellow students, the libraries, its alumni - created for me the opportunity to pursue my passions in finance.

Kenneth C. Griffin

OpportunityFinanceMeResources

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