Alice McDermott Quotes
You're a human being, and every time a list of prize nominations comes out and your name isn't on it, you do have that thumb-in-the-eye feeling.
Alice McDermott
Quotes to Explore
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
T. J. Miller
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
Damien Rice
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
Pam Brown
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
Gary Larson
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
Farrah Fawcett
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I know how demanding the process of creation is.
Karen Kain
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I've started to really nurture a bedtime routine, which, for me, starts with caffeine-free tea, usually rooibos or jasmine tea, something soothing, very fragrant, just a reminder to get back to your senses.
Caroline Ghosn
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I remember, working on 'Lost,' I learned very quickly the way that I had to approach the material or even ask the director questions. It was always prefaced with, 'Would it be wrong for me to assume?' Because I didn't know where my character on 'Lost' was going.
Nestor Carbonell
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Humans and other animals experience love and fear, and form deep emotional bonds with cherished companions. We mourn when a close friend dies, and so do other animals, as Barbara King's poignant book illustrates in compelling detail. How Animals Grieve helps us to connect and to better understand the complex social lives of other animals and of ourselves.
Gene Baur
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You're a human being, and every time a list of prize nominations comes out and your name isn't on it, you do have that thumb-in-the-eye feeling.
Alice McDermott
