Mary Karr Quotes

There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.

Mary Karr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1955

Topics

DreamsWomenBeyondSobrietyBecause

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.

Jensen Ackles

FailureLivePeopleEyeNameWeek

I wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.

Merritt Wever

NeverAnythingLikeThoughYounger

The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.

Sitting Bull

NatureLoveSunResultsEarthSee

When I started to make more or less serious money - for those times - then, of course, I wanted to show everyone that life is different: it's a new kind of life; we are earning this money. We wanted to pay taxes and live honestly.

Roman Abramovich

LifeLiveMoneySeriousNewKind

I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.

Michael Jordan

SportsLovedPersonPlayPlayer

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

Michael Moore

HometownBackWorkersGiantPosting

Twice a week I'll run fast quality workouts either on the track or road.

Jonathan Brown

QualityRoadWeekFastRunTwice

I really got back to my New Orleans roots - my grandfather played with Fats Domino. We had to leave after Katrina, but I feel like, spiritually, I'm back there.

Dawn Richard

RootsFeelBackNewGrandfatherGot

Most actors come from the streets, and their rise to fame is guided by a natural anger. It was harder to find that rage coming from a gentle background.

Christopher Plummer

AngerFindRiseFameGentleRage

Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority.

Antonio Tabucchi

WarWorldYearsFiftyMinorityHalf

There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.

William Nicholson

FamilyGreatAmericanWriteWho

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

Pope Francis

GoodChristianPrayWhoGovernDoes

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