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Meghan O'Rourke Quotes

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

Meghan O'Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: 1976

Topics

Women Grace Performance Always Eros

People's attitude seems to be that if you don't have a television, you're not connected to reality - somehow you're not in reality. It's quite interesting, because I suspect that possibly it's the reverse.

Attitude People Reality Interesting

I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.

Great Listening Night Meeting Old

It's all about fair trade, and helping people eating locally grown stuff. We're recycling everything. We're trying to tour in the most conscious way possible, environmentally and socially.

People Eating Trying Way Possible

This to me is the secret comedy of all author interviews, down through the ages, even the good ones in the 'Paris Review' and places. They're all acting. It's like watching a person in a play.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

Good Me Comedy Acting Down Play

Inner improvements create outer ones.

Robin S. Sharma

Create Inner Outer

When you look at the big issues post-9/11 in the United States, whether it's water boarding, warantless wire tapping, surveillance, Gitmo, black sites rendition, all of those have been legal. Nobody has gone to jail for those programs.

Water Black Legal You Look Nobody

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

Home Language Know Any Truly

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

Life Hope Day End Of The Day End Go

In debate, one randomly was assigned to one side or the other. This had at least one virtue - it made one see that there was more than one side to these complex issues.

Joseph Stiglitz

Debate Virtue More See Side Complex

I was never the person who came up with a boom somehow. I worked slowly and consistently, making my way up the rankings, so there wasn't one special moment.

Moment Person Special Way Never Up

I grew up with horses and cattle, running around on dirt hills with this real sense of space. We didn't have neighbours - well, the nearest ones were kilometres away.

Deborah Mailman

Space Real Dirt Up Hills Well

I have always felt extremely weird. But I am very happy with my weirdnesses, and I want other people to be very happy with theirs.

I Am Happy People Weird Want Always

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