John McGahern Quotes

I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer.

John McGahern

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.

Jimmy Connors

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I believe in angels. I believe in God.

Joe Nichols

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Talking to people who have served was eye-opening and left me with a huge amount of respect for what they do.

Joe Alwyn

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I've thought for years, sometimes against my will, about what kind of son I'm supposed to be, what's expected. Being Korean, that's a particularly charged question. Is your duty to your culture or to your parent? Is your life your own, or the second half of your parents' life? Who owns your life?

John Cho

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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Marriage isn't about a collection of scenes over ten years of two people telling each other that they love each other. It's about commitment.

Jeff Nichols

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Drag shows are one of my favorite things in the world.

Steve Kazee

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It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.

Stella McCartney

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I won some genetic lottery. I always happened to be strangely good at mathematics in my head. I just popped out weird.

Rodney Brooks

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There are many critics who think the megachurches thrive on people who enjoy dramatic Sunday services with fine music but don't wish to become very 'religious' on a day-to-day basis - that the megachurch appeal is a mile wide and an inch deep.

Rodney Stark

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I'm caught up probably just as much in the consumer culture as the next person.

Michael Moore

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Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes.

Ato Boldon

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