Alice McDermott Quotes
What interests me is whatever it is that allows the heart to continue to yearn for something the intelligence knows is impossible to have: a lost love, a shelter from life's blows, the return of a time past, even a connection to the dead.Alice McDermott
Quotes to Explore
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As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
V. E. Schwab -
The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
F. H. Bradley -
Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
Barbara Johnson -
The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
Carlos Slim -
Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
J. G. Ballard -
God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
Abdolkarim Soroush
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In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
Yanis Varoufakis -
You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
Samantha Bee -
I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
Paloma Faith -
What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
Ramez Naam -
I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
Vanessa Marcil -
I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
Ja Rule
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I still have the dress I wore on the first date with my husband, which was more than 66 years ago. I still have it, and it still fits.
Iris Apfel -
The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
Sam Altman -
Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.
Ian Mcewan -
Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club -
People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
Oliver Evans -
Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
Edmund Burke
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I think this concern about a jobless recovery at this point is a bit premature,
Elaine Chao -
Unfettered markets eventually get out of whack.
David E. Sanger -
As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you!
Victoria Osteen -
To transcend limitations and form positive new patterns of life based on who you know you can be rather than who you were yesterday, you must give up the modes of thinking, feeling and behaving that only keep you chained to your past.
Debbie Ford -
Remember, in the vast infinity of life, all is perfect, whole, and complete... and so are you.
Louise L. Hay -
What interests me is whatever it is that allows the heart to continue to yearn for something the intelligence knows is impossible to have: a lost love, a shelter from life's blows, the return of a time past, even a connection to the dead.
Alice McDermott