Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.


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DANA SHIELDS
We instantly connect with each other. We see each others? pictures and share our lives.
DANA SHIELDS
I call it ?album-making? because all you have to do is put the pictures on and tell your story.
DANA SHIELDS
I used to feel that everything I know I learned through my lifelong struggle with stuttering; I now ...
DAVID SHIELDS
The 'Times' is understood to be almost the unofficial biographer of the country, in some str...
DAVID SHIELDS
All art is theft.
DAVID SHIELDS
Swimming is by far the best tonic I've found for my back. I'm not a good swimmer - I do the ...
DAVID SHIELDS
We are always doing maintenance and repairs on our lines, making sure everything is safe and in work...
GARY SHIELDS
We are very proud to be a part of the community here. Not only do we work with local businesses and ...
GARY SHIELDS
You get penalized if you don't have high taxes.
GARY SHIELDS
I think it'll be a wash out.
GARY SHIELDS
Here's the deal. I want people reading. We are professionals, and we need to be reading and studying...
GERALD SHIELDS
We had 20 presentations, and everyone had a chance to talk and ask questions about it. And out of th...
GERALD SHIELDS
We'll take a book like The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership or The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peo...
GERALD SHIELDS
It's more than just a book club. It's a way for me to invest in our people.
GERALD SHIELDS
Any lack of joy in the world is the result of disobedience.
CAROLYN SHIELDS
The needs change. Sometimes Scout camps that were once outside of town are swallowed up by sprawl, o...
GREGG SHIELDS
We are deeply concerned for every person affected by the heat, and we sincerely hope they are back o...
GREGG SHIELDS
We didn't have any hint of any criminality. This is accidental, and we're going to look into ways to...
GREGG SHIELDS
We recognize that a growing portion of our population isn't Caucasian and isn't suburban, A lot of t...
GREGG SHIELDS
Thank God he's found. The boy's safe, and that's what's important.
GREGG SHIELDS
The overriding concern is always safety.
GREGG SHIELDS
A tragedy,
FRANK SHIELDS
I think of the present digital/IT evolution happening in the global industry as the most exciting pe...
FRANK SHIELDS
Over the past five years in particular new websites have been popping up all over the world, selling...
FRANK SHIELDS
There are more film schools here than any other city, pumping out more aspiring filmmakers, and ther...
FRANK SHIELDS
There is no distribution outlet for young bloods to exhibit,
FRANK SHIELDS
This could sap thousands of dollars from schools that are already financially strapped to provide ed...
GREG SHIELDS
The whole thing is, you don't know what's going to happen.
GREG SHIELDS
I'm pretty sure at that time economically it was very painful because I don't think they had insuran...
ED SHIELDS
Front Street was just about completely flattened.
ED SHIELDS
It was a path that looks just about like the worst areas in New Orleans.
ED SHIELDS
I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature...
BROOKE SHIELDS
I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit ...
BROOKE SHIELDS
I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.
BROOKE SHIELDS
My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amoun...
BROOKE SHIELDS
Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.
BROOKE SHIELDS
Have faith in your own thoughts.
BROOKE SHIELDS
The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I&#...
BROOKE SHIELDS
Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, e...
BROOKE SHIELDS
Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it'...
BROOKE SHIELDS
Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.
BROOKE SHIELDS
The sport was recently legalized in California, so I'm talking to some people about possibly fightin...
JAKE SHIELDS
(Condit) is a very good striker and caught me with one good elbow. I just tried to get him on the gr...
JAKE SHIELDS