Emma Donoghue Quotes

'Are stories true?''Which ones?''The mermaid mother and Hansel and Gretel and all them.''Well,' says Ma, 'not literally.''What's-''They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today.''So they're fake?''No, no. Stories are a different kind of true.'

Emma Donoghue

• People
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• Real
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• Mother
• Today
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• More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Life
  • Real
  • Key

• I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds.

  

  Barry Zito
  • People
  • Look
  • Forward

• I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and some fans have even thanked me because they now feel like they have a gay action hero, and it's very endearing to hear that kind of stuff. But I just played him the way he was and tried to do right by the character.

  

  Dan Feuerriegel
  • People
  • Character
  • Action

• I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.

  

  Gary Cole
  • Up
  • Real
  • Now

• In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.

  

  Zac Efron
  • People
  • Work
  • Long

• I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.

  

  Nancy Lublin
  • People
  • Up
  • Money

• Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • Earth
  • Government

• Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • People
  • Long
  • Today

• I spent a lot of time with the LAPD. I spent six weeks training, weapons training, ride-alongs, surveillance, interviewing them, in all different departments and divisions.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Time
  • Different
  • Training

• Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.

  

  Taran Killam
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • People
  • Life
  • Best

• So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • People
  • Country
  • Resources

• True love bears all, endures all and triumphs!

  

  Dada Vaswani
  • For Her
  • For Him
  • True Love

• I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Style

• I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • People
  • Time
  • Cool

• I don't think of myself as a gearhead or a motorcyclist. I'm not that young, and this is like another life of mine. But the people I know from that era think of me that way.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • People
  • Life
  • Myself

• One of the writers I most admire is Hilary Mantel because in the middle of her career, she just changed paths entirely and became just a totally different novelist.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Different
  • She
  • Career

• It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.

  

  Orson F. Whitney
  • May
  • Success
  • Poetry

• I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.

  

  Harold S. Geneen
  • People
  • Believe
  • You

• 'I am that I am,' said the Eternal. The Eternal - it is the race. One in substance - undifferentiated. One in time - stable and eternal.

  

  Kadmi Cohen
  • Time

• I'm down to bleach my eyebrows again. I tell you what, though - that didn't go down well with my boyfriend. Girls love it. Guys, not so into it.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Girls
  • Guys
  • Boyfriend

• With the Michael Moore movie, certain conservative talk show hosts call him un-American. Him and anybody else who says anything about the war... To question your country's policy, especially in a war that kills people, is definitely not un-American. It's probably the most patriotic thing you can do.

  

  John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • People
  • Country
  • War

• In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor.

  

  Martin Amis
  • America
  • Hero

• 'Are stories true?''Which ones?''The mermaid mother and Hansel and Gretel and all them.''Well,' says Ma, 'not literally.''What's-''They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today.''So they're fake?''No, no. Stories are a different kind of true.'

  

  Emma Donoghue
  • People
  • Different
  • Real