Mary McCarthy Quotes

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

Mary McCarthy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 21, 1912 - October 25, 1989

Topics

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When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion, folk music had come to an end and I felt he needed to go to the next step, the next generation.

Jim Messina

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Economic growth is very important, but it is not the only thing, and it must be accompanied by sharing with those who are left behind, through effective social services and provision.

Angus Deaton

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Wiley has given me wise words a few times.

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What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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I believe very strongly - and I never brought this up as a player - but I put up, I feel, Hall of Fame numbers with diabetes. If I didn't have diabetes - nobody realizes that, when I was diagnosed at 18, even the doctors didn't know what to do about diabetes.

Ron Santo

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To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context.

Rowan Williams

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I would suggest the widow do things the husband used to do, so he seems to be there with you. You will feel like just going to bed. It's so wonderful, going to bed.

Joyce Carol Oates

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A lot of my book, 'The Price of Inequality,' is about why there has been an increase in rent-seeking.

Joseph Stiglitz

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I like a pretty relaxed, fun set. Everyone knows they can bring whoever they want and hang out.

Jonathan Levine

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I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good.

Diablo Cody

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The French, perhaps more than any other nation, cherish the memory of their dead by ornamenting their places of sepulture with the finest flowers, often renewing the garlands and replacing such plants as decay with vigorous and costly ones.

Dorothea Dix

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You can't get away from violence in drama. If you do not have conflict, you do not have drama.

Cornel Wilde

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