John McGahern Quotes

Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century.

John McGahern

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 12, 1934 - March 30, 2006

Topics

SocietyUpPeculiarSenseAlmost

I watch sports and cable news. I'm a political junkie, so that's my interest.

Jerry Springer

SportsPoliticalNewsWatchInterest

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

John Archibald Wheeler

TimeEverythingHappeningOnce

I've actually performed at Gay Pride in Atlanta three times in my career. I've always had a large gay following, particularly in the lesbian community. I am grateful for that. To me, it means my music transcends categories. It also means that I'm a cute girl singing a rock song in an alto voice!

Jennifer Nettles

MusicGirlCommunityCuteGrateful

When I'm working, I'm very purposeful and everything else gets out of focus. Something I've had to work on together with my wife is how to acknowledge each other in the midst of this and keep the relationship going.

Jeff Bridges

WorkRelationshipFocusWifeOut

I made good grades in school.

Stephanie Beatriz

GoodSchoolGradesGood GradesMade

As a child, I was lucky to have the support of my parents because starting a tennis career is a very expensive adventure.

Stan Wawrinka

AdventureSupportChildParents

My parents have had a love marriage, so I have made it pretty clear to them that I, too, will have a love marriage.

Sonakshi Sinha

LoveMarriageParentsWillPretty

My third hire when I came to Spotify was Tiffany Kumar, who came on as our global head of songwriter relations. The whole idea was to put our heads together and figure out how to build and contribute within the songwriting community.

Troy Carter

CommunityTogetherBuildSongwriting

I think if Keith Moon was here today and you asked him to recall most of his early life or most of his life, he wouldn't be able to recall it.

Roger Daltrey

LifeTodayMoonThinkYouEarly

If it wasn't for women, I wouldn't be here. I'm a mamma's boy at heart. I love my mom. I have the deepest, utmost respect for women.

Roman Reigns

LoveWomenHeartRespectMomBoy

There are people who are very highly paid to cover the truth and who will protect their clients.

Mary Hart

TruthPeopleClientsWillProtect

Gold Gloves are nice to have people mention. They're basically saying you're a pretty good defensive player along with everything else. But I was about the offensive side.

Mike Schmidt

GoodPeopleGoldSayingYouNice

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