Roddy Doyle Quotes

When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.

Roddy Doyle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 8, 1958

Topics

Growing UpYouGrowingNeverWrite

The more time goes by, the more things will happen to you in your life. And the ability to be positive throughout and look for the good in people, look for the good in situations - it's so important.

Jennifer Hyman

LifePositiveGoodTimePeopleLook

Words derive their power from the original word.

Meister Eckhart

PowerWordsOriginalWordDerive

The one thing that our nation is truly responsible for is securing the nation, make sure the citizens are safe.

Matt Rosendale

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Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.

Rosa DeLauro

FamilyWomenEveningFairnessMatter

Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.

Rupert Sheldrake

ScienceBestBeliefOpen-Minded

Between 1999 and 2009, the people of Baltimore achieved the greatest reduction in crime of America's largest cities.

Martin O'Malley

PeopleAmericaCrimeGreatestCities

Blacks' problems lie not in the heads of white people but rather in the wasted and incompletely fulfilled lives of too many black people.

Dinesh D'Souza

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Music is my first love, and I can't step away from her. I love music, and I love playing and living the dream, but I also miss my family.

Dierks Bentley

FamilyLoveMusicStepDreamLiving

I love 'Drake and Josh.' It's supposed to have a demographic of ages 9-14, but really, it's 9-84. There is no demographic.

Drake Bell

LoveDemographicSupposedReally

As a human being, when I see things going on in my community, I feel compelled to do something, to say something.

Doug Baldwin

CommunityFeelSayHumanSeeI See

If you're sixty-something, pushing 70, the chances of you getting a tremendously fascinating part in the movies are very low, as to be almost negligible, or even in television. But in the theatre, there are still things to do, very interesting, very profound things.

Brian Dennehy

TheatreInterestingYouTelevision

I'm a huge fan of dystopian films. I collect them in my brain.

Brittany Howard

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