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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More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back. More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them. And more government isn't going to inspire new ideas, new businesses and new private sector jobs. It's going to create uncertainty.
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If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.
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That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world.
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There are those, I think, who are attracted to the glitz of celebrity life. I am not one of them.
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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.
