Alice McDermott Quotes
For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.Alice McDermott
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
Aaron Siskind -
I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.
L'Wren Scott -
One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
Orison Swett Marden -
The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty -
Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.
Omar N. Bradley
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
H. P. Lovecraft -
If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
Earl Warren -
I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
Maggie Lawson -
You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
Campbell Scott -
I'm not interested in celebrity.
Orlando Bloom -
I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
Gary Johnson
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
Earl Scruggs -
You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.
Larry Hogan -
From the first instant I met her, I wanted to be Nora Ephron. I just really wanted to please her.
Natasha Lyonne -
I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.
Patrick Kane -
I fed my ego, but not my soul.
Yakov Smirnoff -
It's like deja-vu, all over again.
Yogi Berra
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The Olympics are an opportunity to redefine the country, but the message is always wrong.
Ai Weiwei -
Offset is a boss.
Offset Migos -
There's a saying that you can't awaken somebody who's pretending to be asleep.
Willie Parker -
Television has become the government, priest, psychotherapist - the legitimiser of our egos.
Irvine Welsh -
Sometimes one must travel far to discover what is near.
Uri Shulevitz -
For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.
Alice McDermott