John Patrick Shanley Quotes

When I visited Ireland with my father and heard the people on the farm talking, I couldn't believe the gift of language they had. I felt very untalented.

John Patrick Shanley

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FatherPeopleBelieveGiftLanguage

I love the infinite variety of New York, how it's the epicenter of so many worlds.

Jennifer Egan

LoveNew YorkNewInfiniteVariety

I totally let myself indulge, but I make little deals with myself. If I have an extra cupcake, I'll run a couple of extra miles. I think it's all about balance and not getting into extremes with dieting and exercising. Having a healthy attitude is important, too!

Megan Hilty

AttitudeMyselfBalanceThinkRun

There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical.

Robert Bourassa

WarCensorshipMoreActRadical

The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back.

Roy Rogers

WorldThinkBackLostKnowGet

If a bank's too big so that it can't fail without hurting our economy, well then, it's too big.

Martin O'Malley

BankEconomyWithoutFailBigWell

I love traveling and seeing new things, learning the histories of different cultures. But I've always wanted to go to the Galapagos to see the giant turtles.

Mikaela Shiffrin

LoveLearningNew ThingsSeeingNew

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

Monique Roffey

WorkHard WorkLoveRomanticYouth

My feeling is that the English are naturally anti-Semitic.

Miriam Margolyes

FeelingEnglishAnti-Semitic

I find myself going out less and less. When you're 22 and see older people start to do that, it's depressing, but once you hit 30, you think, 'Wow, I've been working all week - it might be really nice to stay in!'

Josh Radnor

MyselfPeopleStartThinkWeekYou

I'd love to do more woodworking, and maybe will someday, but I wasn't brought up in that environment. My wife is better at woodworking, and most around-the-house skills, than I am.

Joseph Monninger

LoveWifeI AmBetterEnvironment

What I should have been, you see, is a neurologist.

Jonathan Miller

YouSeeBeenShouldNeurologist

In prose, leaps of logic can be made while the protagonist thinks about things and arrives at conclusions. Even with voiceover, there's no real way of having an inner voice without it taking over the entire story.

Denise Mina

VoiceStoryLogicWayRealOver

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