Alistair MacLeod Quotes
If people aren't creating literature, there would be nothing for people to criticize.
Quotes to Explore
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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In life go straight and turn right.
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Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it!
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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Before I was born, my mom and my dad, they used to rescue dogs, so at one point, they had 13 dogs. And they were all from different litters. It wasn't like they were bred. They were all from different people. And they were all different ages. When I grew up at my dad's house, I think we had seven at one point.
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I just feel so fortunate, A, that I'm able to talk to people and B, keep in contact with my real friends.
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I'm actually quite conservative.
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If you're not in a place where you're grateful that your show keeps getting renewed, and you can't figure out a way to keep it fresh, you should pick another career.
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Being pregnant is the most natural thing our bodies can do. Our grandparents did it without all these books, and they came out okay.
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The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.
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If people aren't creating literature, there would be nothing for people to criticize.
