Mary Karr Quotes

Poetry is for me Eucharistic. You take someone else's suffering into your body, their passion comes into your body, and in doing that you commune, you take communion, you make a community with others.

Mary Karr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PassionCommunityPoetrySuffering

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.

Joey Skaggs

TargetPrejudiceHatredPerversion

I should say, I don't write about myself or my life. So for me, in fiction, it's always been about what I can dream up, that feels far away from me.

Jennifer Egan

LifeMyselfMeMy LifeDreamI Can

It's amazing that about 10% of startups couldn't be found on Facebook because they had common names or names that weren't searchable.

Robert Scoble

AmazingNamesFacebookCommonFound

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

John Steinbeck

JourneyStruggleTravelFindPerson

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

Steve Buscemi

MatterSizeLikeStuffPart

When I die, I'm leaving my body to science fiction.

Steven Wright

ScienceDeathDieBodyLeaving

I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number.

Tracey Gold

ThinkThoughtFatLoseNewBecome

Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and being ridiculed. There's just not a whole lot for them to do. It's just coffee-pouring on a bigger scale.

Rita Moreno

MotherWomenSillyOverBiggerJust

So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around.

Mindy Cohn

Believe In YourselfYourselfBelieve

I feel like the world that ' Condor' lives in is very close to the world we're all living in every day.

Mira Sorvino

DayWorldFeelEvery DayLiving

I don't like any of it. I'm sick and tired of menopause.

Lisa Lampanelli

TiredSickMenopauseSick And Tired

Look at Daft Punk and Kanye West. The song 'Stronger' was inspired by a Daft tune. Once the hip-hop scene opens up to all the great music that came out of dance, it will continue to spread to the more mainstream audience.

Little Louie Vega

MusicGreatDanceSongLookHip-Hop

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