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Michael Dirda Quotes

Books can be a source of solace, but I see them mainly as a source of pleasure, personal as well as esthetic.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: 1948

Topics

Personal Pleasure See I See Source

I think screenwriting gave me more of an affinity for plot - my first novel, 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,' doesn't have a very sophisticated roadmap. But screenwriting required me to learn a higher level of plottiness, and I tried to bring that to 'The Haters.'

Girl Me Think Learn Haters First

Big Bang gave us hydrogen and helium. We couldn't make people out of hydrogen and helium. So we're made out of exploding stars.

Stars People Out Big Bang Big Us

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

John C. Maxwell

Dreams Potential Powerful Wealth

Many of the scrappy young people I meet who are the first in their family to go to college feel that they have to bring home a steady paycheck to make their family's sacrifices worthwhile.

Family Home People College Feel Go

But at some point, we've got to have disciplined play and have got to coach better. I'm not putting it on the players. We've got to coach them to tackle and block better. It's as simple as that. If we can do those things, we'll have a chance.

Simple Chance Better Play Coach Got

They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances.

Believe Questions You Ask Fans Big

In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the 40th anniversary of D-Day.

Anniversary Spring Prepare Northwest

What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid.

Robin G. Collingwood

Man Always Afraid Ashamed Bottom He

I love the Greeks. There's no messing around - it's all do or die with them.

Love Die Greeks Around Them I Love

Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball. Their abilities and their attitudes don't back up their beards.

Tough Look Back Back Up Ball Up

I think honest lyrics help somebody say, 'I was struggling with this, but if Jon goes through that, too, and if Jon's telling me that his life isn't as good as it seems on his Instagram,' that helps somebody in their day to day.

Life Good Day Me Think Help

If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.

Wait Sympathy Free Sorrow Point Our

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