Alice McDermott Quotes
In the act of reading, especially reading fiction, where a world is being created, all kinds of matters of belief come into play.
Quotes to Explore
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For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment comes, that man will be punished as an ingrate who cannot say to God: 'Your statutes were my song in the land of exile.'
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.
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I missed the television train at some point. I don't know what happened, but now I've created a complex about it. I'm missing out on what everybody's watching, and now I can't even begin to think about starting to watch a television show because it's been so long. I don't even have a Netflix account.
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For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.
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Adolescence as the time when an individual 'recapitulates' the savage stage of the race's past.
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Super-envious of the fact that Daft Punk can wear robot helmets and be one of the most famous bands in the world, while also understanding that will never be my situation.
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If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are. You begin to realize that you have a perfect right to be in this universe, to be this way, and you see that there is a basic hospitality that this world provides to you. You have looked and you have seen, and you don't have to apologize for being born on this earth.
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When I speak at events, I often wear my dad's ties and my mom's earrings. It's a small, almost secret way of having them with me when I'm up there onstage, talking to a roomful of strangers. It makes me feel safe.
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I am a little world made cunningly Of elements, and an angelic sprite.
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Time is of the essence. We must act now if we are to have the maximum possible opportunity to contain a pandemic.
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In the act of reading, especially reading fiction, where a world is being created, all kinds of matters of belief come into play.
