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Mary Karr Quotes

The thing I have to do as a writer, and that God permits me to do, is that I have to be willing to fail.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

God Me Fail Willing Writer Thing

I don't think I'm a good ol' boy. Honestly, the last thing I am is a redneck. I like silk sheets, fancy cars, beautiful women, good whiskey.

Good Women Beautiful I Am Think Boy

For me, to get any match is fine. For me to be thrown right into the mix and be named No. 1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship is a blessing.

Blessing Me World Right Championship

I wouldn't want to be in a Lisa episode. They're kind of boring. Maybe a Homer one would be better.

Better Want Kind Boring Would Maybe

Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day, our vocabulary seems more and more inadequate.

Anna Deavere Smith

Day People Every Day Race Talk More

At the end of a song, someone's always different than they are at the beginning.

Beginning Song End Someone Always

Schools like Doon or Lawrence in Sanawar didn't decide to create leaders when they started. Look at their alumni list today, and you have a former prime minister, Olympic gold medallist, army generals, cabinet ministers, and leaders in different spheres. Some kind of training started at the school level itself that helped create leaders.

Today Training School Gold You Look

Some people say the reason I am not married is that I don't understand small business and the toughest small business in the world is a family. But when you are happy and feel every minute of your life, what is the reason to get married?

Mikhail Prokhorov

Life Family Business I Am Happy You

You don't ask people about the immigration policies of the U.K. or their country's agricultural policy. Instead, you talk to them about the meal they're eating or their family, and from that you get the sense of another human being, someone we can all relate to.

Family People Eating Immigration You

I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

More Fault Sincere Little Being

Occasionally, I share advice, but most of my advice is based on my personal experience.

Experience Advice Personal Share

Women have helped shape our world, yet still do not receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.

Colleen Hanabusa

Women World Recognition Deserve Our

It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me appalled at my own ignorance, but also suspicious about the pretension of their advocates.

Time Ignorance Me Reading Holidays

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