Alice McDermott Quotes
At the beginning of every semester, I ask my graduate students whether there is something I should read that will help me understand their work.
Alice McDermott
Quotes to Explore
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
Patrick Kane
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
J. B. Smoove
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I am a passionate civil libertarian.
Ted Cruz
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
Mahershala Ali
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Philip Kitcher thinks that mathematics is surprisingly like empirical science. Few mathematicians would agree; philosophers too, from Socrates on, have held the opposite opinion.
Ian Hacking
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
Barbra Streisand
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Whatever I've experienced in my life is a part of my story, and I'm proud of that. But it's someone who wakes up early, works all day, believes in charitable work, business-minded, diligent, accountable, problem-solving... I'm so much about school, consistency and tradition.
Drew Barrymore
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Violent fires soon burn out themselves, small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; he tires betimes that spurs too fast.
William Shakespeare
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To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.
Zoe Saldana
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On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through.
Bruce Beresford
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I love waking up in my home and being with my children and my husband. And I get an enormous amount of satisfaction out of my work. I really love working. I said it: I love working. It really grounds me, and I like helping people.
Marne Levine
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At the beginning of every semester, I ask my graduate students whether there is something I should read that will help me understand their work.
Alice McDermott
