Alice McDermott Quotes
I like that original romance of having a pen and a legal pad and going anywhere in the world and being able to write a novel with just those two things.
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I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
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I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
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Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
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Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.
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I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.
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I've never read a self help book... the most self-help I've read is on a beer mat.
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We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.
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What I keep searching for in movies, more and more, is the right gravity.
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If you're able to arrange a trial period with a new hire, do it. It will give both of you a chance to make sure the position is a good fit - and can help you avoid being in the awkward situation of wanting to fire someone three or four weeks in.
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I like that original romance of having a pen and a legal pad and going anywhere in the world and being able to write a novel with just those two things.
