Mary Gordon Quotes

It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction.

Mary Gordon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 8, 1949

Topics

WomenCourageSchoolPoetryMeMove

You can't be selfish in this game. You've got to know, at the end of the day, that it's all about winning. And when you win, everybody looks good.

Jimmy Butler

GoodDayWinWinningGameSelfish

The problem with Egypt is that there is no public trust. There is no trust, period.

Andre Aciman

TrustProblemEgyptPublicPeriod

It was painful, but sometimes you must have these painful moments where you tear yourself away from something that isn't working.

Jeffrey Eugenides

YourselfMomentsYouSometimesWhere

You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.

Stella Adler

YouBeyondExperiencesPreciousOwn

My son has an old mother.

Sophie B. Hawkins

MotherSonOld

It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one.

Trevor Rabin

PositiveRelationshipImportantThing

Hopper's best friend, Dean Stockwell, who starred with him in 'Blue Velvet,' let me watch golf with him while parsing out memories of when he and Hopper went off the deep end in Mexico.

Tom Folsom

FriendMemoriesBestBlueMeDeep

I'm an entertainer. I get up on stage and I try to make people enjoy my music, and that political arena - I'm going to stay out of it, right out.

Donny Osmond

MusicPeoplePoliticalEnjoyTryUp

We now know that stars which are abundant in heavy metals are five times more likely to harbor orbiting planets than are stars deficient in metals.

Debra Fischer

StarsKnowNowMorePlanetsHeavy

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.

Deepak Chopra

ThinkingAnticipationAlwaysResponse

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

William Henry Harrison

ChainsMilitaryNationPassOff

Live shows are really big for me. I want to do as many of those as I can.

Phillip Phillips

LiveMeI CanWantBigMany

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