Mary McCarthy Quotes

Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.

Mary McCarthy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NegativeAmericaEuropeProofWhich

Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world.

Joey Ramone

WorldThinkRockBandGreatestWell

I would have happily done 'Bourne Legacy,' but a lot of decisions are made for you.

Joel Edgerton

LegacyDecisionsYouDoneMadeLot

The king must die so that the country can live.

Maximilien Robespierre

LiveKingDieCountryMust

All the fascination with numbers conspires to make you forget the beauty of the game sometimes.

Jeff Van Gundy

BeautyGameYouNumbersSometimes

I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.

Michael Jackson

BeforeTeenagerVeteran

My literary heroes all wrote about L.A.: Joseph Wambaugh, Ross Macdonald, and Raymond Chandler were the three writers that made me want to be a writer.

Michael Connelly

MeThreeWantHeroesWriterMade

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

Tony Judt

HistoryWritingReadingStrangeSaw

I have a little studio in Chinatown, and I sometimes go there and rearrange my brushes. But I would have to stop acting altogether in order to become a painter. At the moment, I'm still interested and active as an actor and director. Besides, I rather think acting and painting are all part of the same creative urge.

Roger Rees

MomentCreativePaintingThinkStop

Globalization is the process by which markets integrate worldwide.

Michael Spence

ProcessGlobalizationMarketsWhich

The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.

Mohamed ElBaradei

PeopleDemocracyLongDreamHearts

Designers want their clothes and their shows to be absolutely perfect, exactly as they imagined, and there is a great deal of work that goes into doing that. Some collections can tell a whole story, from the first look to the last. The way the colors and the clothes transition is very interesting.

Lucky Blue Smith

WorkGreatColorsStoryInteresting

The past will always affect me, and I will keep that in mind while remembering that how it played out is only my starting point, not my final destination.

Chelsea Manning

PastMindMeDestinationWillOut

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