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Mary Gaitskill Quotes

Perhaps it should be obvious: Adultery is a social threat that arouses raw anger and fear, which the bellicose then need to discharge rather than merely feel, traditionally on the philandering wife or the female home-wrecker.

Mary Gaitskill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 11, 1954

Topics

Fear Wife Anger Feel Need Social

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

Max Holloway

Die Legends Never Heroes Remembered

Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week.

Amanda Seyfried

Life Love New York Singing Voice

Life is an incurable disease leading to death, but it's also an unrequested gift, which, if we can manage to keep giving it away to others, can keep giving back everything to us.

Stephen Hough

Life Death Gift Giving Back Others

The Rock is one of the biggest movie stars in the world. So give the guy his due.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Stars World Rock Guy Give Movie

Having a movie that lasts and makes your image imprinted into the history of cinema, it's very positive.

Ludivine Sagnier

Positive History Cinema Image Your

People like Bill Murray are incredible at what they do and are definitely my flavour. Although Will Ferrell, Sacha Baron Cohen and Ricky Gervais are also incredible actors. In their comedy, they make these stupid people feel so real. These guys are really setting the bar very high, and I learn as much from them about acting as I do about comedy.

Jason Bateman

People Stupid Learn Comedy Acting

You get older and come to the conclusion that it's a great gig making music. Even if you turn into an old gnarly fart, no one cares what you look like if you write good songs - the only gig is to sing well and perform.

Dolores O'Riordan

Good Music Great You Look Write

The neighborhood I grew up in had this fence that surrounds the watershed. And if you go on the other side of that fence, there's nothing until the North Pole and down to Siberia. It's the absolute cutoff point between man and nature.

Douglas Coupland

Nature Man Fence You Down Nothing

The laws have become so straight-jacketing that presidents and their aides dare not keep journals or diaries, lest they be subpoenaed by avid special prosecutors.

Christopher Buckley

Dare Special Become Keep Laws Avid

I just go in my back garden. It's the only place where people don't come and bother you.

Boy George

People You Back Garden Place Go

The 2012 Olympics is a fantastic incentive for everyone to help leave a sporting legacy and show that Britain is truly a great sporting nation.

Bradley Wiggins

Great Legacy Help Nation Leave Show

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

Anne Sexton

Joy Young Shared Dies