Andrew Greeley Quotes
I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter when you renew your car registration at the department of motor vehicles.
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I keep dumbbells in my trailer, and I work out between takes.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.
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I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
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When in doubt, use brute force.
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Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!
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'Oh, no, my dear; I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit.'
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If historical experience could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
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Christ's resurrection doesn't mean escaping from the world; it means mission to the world based on Jesus's lordship over the world.
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I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy.
