Andre Dubus III Quotes

Years later I would hear my father say the divorce had left him dating his children. That still meant picking us up every Sunday for a matinee and, if he had the money, an early dinner somewhere.

Andre Dubus III

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 11, 1936 - February 24, 1999

Topics

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Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

Jimmy Dean

MotivationalLifeMy LifePoverty

I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.

Jodi Picoult

TimeCollegeNightBelieveThink

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Jesus Christ

LoveGoodFatherRainSunEvil

It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series.

Joe Torre

WinGameYouWantFirstHuge

Financially, I'm fine. But it's good to work. I'm not capable of doing nothing.

Anita Pallenberg

WorkGoodDoingNothingCapable

I am really proud of what I have done for cancer awareness, but do I feel like Bono? No.

Andy Rourke

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No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

Aneurin Bevan

HeartI AmDeepPartyHatredSocial

One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story, a punchline and a pun. I think it has that in common with hip hop, where they're not afraid of wordplay and I really appreciate that.

St. Vincent

MusicStoryThinkAppreciateYou

Whatever labels are being pinned on me have nothing to do with me.

Skeet Ulrich

MeNothingWhateverBeingLabels

I don't think Jerusalem should be controlled 100% by religious people of any denomination, sect, or religion - even my own.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

ReligionPeopleThinkMy OwnOwn

Shirley Temple doesn't hurt Shirley Temple Black. Shirley Temple helps Shirley Temple Black. She is thought of as a friend - which I am!

Shirley Temple

FriendI AmBlackHurtThoughtShe

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.

Tom Holt

ChildhoodPoetryGrowOutNastyFew

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