Mary Gordon Quotes

My father died when I was seven. I guess I am interested in fatherlessness as a metaphor for vulnerability and unprotectedness. Being on your own in the world in a way you're not quite ready for, ever.

Mary Gordon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FatherI AmWorldYouReadyWay

The fun of the Super Bowl is the week leading into it; once it's actually played, the story dies down very, very quickly.

Joe Posnanski

FunStoryWeekDownSuper BowlBowl

In 'Beowulf,' director Robert Zemeckis uses a technique called 'motion capture' to conjure fantastical things, angles into action and sweeping vistas to stun your eyes and take your breath away. But what he hasn't mastered and what the technique can't do is this: emotion capture.

Stephen Hunter

EyesActionCaptureEmotionDirector

'Doctor Who' was my first telly job, and before that I did a lot of theatre in education, children's theatre.

Sophie Aldred

EducationChildrenJobTheatreFirst

I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart we can be a playoff team. I think we're on the right track.

Steve Mariucci

ResponsibilitySmartTeamThinkCare

Unlike other diseases, the vulnerability to cancer lies in ourselves. We always thought of disease as exogenous, but research into cancer has turned that idea on its head - as long as we live, grow, age, there will be cancer.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

LiveAgeResearchThoughtGrowLong

The very first individual that breaks out in my mind as a top villain is Gorgeous George, and it's hard to beat the first guy.

Roddy Piper

MindVillainFirstTopHardOut

I'm way bigger than people think I am. I'm way bigger. I've been underrated all my life, and that's fine. I have privacy. I can walk the street without being hassled. I can be a regular guy. The price to give that up is so horrible. When you become a part of the hysteria - it's not completely in my hands - you have to hide.

Rutger Hauer

LifeWalkI AmPeopleThinkMy Life

I think talking things out is therapeutic.

Russ

ThinkTalkingOutThingsI Think

I don't feel that I've faced discrimination. I've had every chance to succeed and more, and I think that's what all women should have.

Janet Yellen

WomenSucceedChanceThinkFeel

I see life as a burning meteorite that you can climb all over, and feed off, as it is falling to earth.

Doug Aitken

LifeClimbYouEarthOverSee

I've always been a fan of 'Coronation Street,' and the chance to work on it was just too good to miss, but it meant a great upheaval for my family.

Debra Stephenson

WorkFamilyGoodGreatChanceMiss

My heroes would never let me down; they never have. I've never been disappointed by any of them.

Chrissie Hynde

MeDownNeverHeroesDisappointed

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