Alice McDermott Quotes
I learned really early on that I had to treat it as if it were a real job. This might be my middle class background - the Irish work ethic, which isn't quite the same as the Protestant work ethic - but still, it's, 'Get a job and show up every day. Be there. And don't complain. Who do you think you are: you're nobody special; go to work.'
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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As long as there is a mathematical chance, we have to keep on going.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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I do not like violence.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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Che de le spine ancor nascon le rose,E d'una fetida erba nasce il giglio.
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Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.
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Although I now spend most of my time writing novels for teenagers and adults, 'readaloudability' is still a criterion I try to adhere to.
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Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really good at focusing in on each writers voice and setting. When I felt like I was obligated to write a story that was more typical, no one really liked it.
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I really like the idea of modesty. By the time I got into music, I was already wearing the scarf all the time, and it's really personal to me, my Muslim beliefs, so I decided to keep it and find a way to work around it. I don't see it as a restriction or limitation - I can still be me and get into music and be an entertainer.
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I learned really early on that I had to treat it as if it were a real job. This might be my middle class background - the Irish work ethic, which isn't quite the same as the Protestant work ethic - but still, it's, 'Get a job and show up every day. Be there. And don't complain. Who do you think you are: you're nobody special; go to work.'
