Mary Gordon Quotes

If the moral good of fiction stems mainly from a habit of mind it inculcates in the reader, styles are neither good nor bad, and to describe some fictional enterprises as false is pointless.

Mary Gordon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodHabitMindBadMoralFiction

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.

Joe Biden

GoodManGood Old DaysMy OwnOld

There's never been a mathematical equation that says a good experience making a movie equates to a good movie, or a bad experience on a set is going to lead to a bad movie.

Joel Edgerton

GoodExperienceBadNeverGood Movie

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

John Donne

ArtManPassionateWithinMost

The Internet is a testament to a connected system that works - it's a global network where any computer can reach another, and easily transfer information across.

John Collison

InternetReachInformationConnected

I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time.

Andy Serkis

TimeWritingLongLong TimeBeen

I always tell up-and-coming DJs you have to really love what you do and find that interest to drive you. It requires so much attention to detail, and it takes up a lot of your time. You hear a song, and there are so many little pieces that make that song work. It requires a lot of patience, diligence and resilience.

Steve Aoki

WorkLovePatienceTimeDetailSong

I don't drink alcohol too late in the evening; I read a good book.

Michael Rosbash

GoodBookAlcoholEveningLateRead

We were not meant to mask ourselves before our fellow-beings, but to be, through our human forms, true and clear utterances of the spirit within. Since God gave us these bodies, they must have been given us as guides to Him and revealers of Him.

Lucy Larcom

GodMaskTrueSpiritHumanWithin

I learned from my mistakes; I was able to accept the things that were my fault and to be able to grow from that. You have to be able to see growth from your experiences, and I've done that.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

GrowthMistakesGrowYouDoneSee

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.

Jean Baudrillard

GoodSpaceSocietyDeepDownUp

When you look at facing retirement in your mid-30s, and all of a sudden the outlet for that passion and work ethic goes away, you can't just sit back in a rocking chair and be retired at 35. I'm not a good enough golfer to play golf every day.

Drew Bledsoe

WorkGoodPassionDayRetirement

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

Clarke Peters

ExerciseLongYouBeingMusclesGet

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