Mary Karr Quotes

I always thought my family was so bizarre, so when people started coming up to me and saying, 'My family was exactly like yours,' I was completely knocked out.

Mary Karr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyPeopleMeSayingThoughtOut

I look after my skin quite a lot because in this job, it can get stressful. Pimples come out! I cleanse and moisturize, sometimes do face masks. I've also got a Clarisonic, which is good.

Jess Glynne

GoodJobFaceLookSkinSometimes

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

John Adams

GoodHopeFreedomHistoryGeneration

I love taking elements and colours from nature and then distorting them somehow.

Matthew Williamson

NatureLoveElementsTakingColours

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me.

Jean M. Auel

BeginningMeStoryWriteFirstBeen

For most companies, the hard thing is making the product work well enough to convince a single person at a time to switch to it.

Stewart Butterfield

WorkTimeEnoughPersonHardSingle

A waiter at the hotel kept telling me that Cape Town is just like a European city, but it's not like that at all. It doesn't feel safe, and I didn't really go out at night.

Robert Webb

CityMeNightFeelHotelGo

I've never done anything but what I wanted to do with my life. I don't think too many people can say that. I wrote the songs I wanted to write, for me. I had no idea that 'American Pie' would relate to anybody.

Don McLean

LifePeopleMeThinkAmericanPie

I'm probably the most successful Celtic bard of my generation, who projected this style and this image and this casketful of magical songs all around the world.

Donovan

StyleWorldGenerationImageMagical

Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not.

Cher

WomenManControlWorldThinkWant

I feel like people put pressure on me, and that makes me put pressure on myself, which isn't needed.

Christian Pulisic

MyselfPeopleMePressureFeelLike

When you're going bad, sometimes you need to relax more. I've always been intense. I didn't need to be more intense.

Brady Anderson

RelaxYouBadSometimesMoreNeed

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

William Shakespeare

SadManWorldPlayStageHold

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