Mary McCarthy Quotes

Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a 'work' of man.

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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The math of durability in McCain's life is extraordinary.

John Dickerson

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What the mortgage bubble was all about was big banks like Goldman Sachs taking big bundles of subprime mortgages that were lent out largely to low-income, highly risky borrowers, and applying this kind of magic-pixie-dust math to these bundles of securities and slapping AAA ratings on them.

Matt Taibbi

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I dress like a bum all the time. I'm a pretty casual fella.

Travis Fimmel

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I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas.

Tommy Shaw

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I was eight when I played St. Joseph, and I told my mom from that moment on I wanted to be an actor.

Rory O'Malley

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I enjoy talking to groups who are interested in the writing process or the industry. I never teach - because truthfully, I don't know how it all works; it just does. Sort of magic-like. But I love to share my experiences and perspectives.

Lori Foster

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I didn't know anything about acting, I didn't know anything about theater, but I was just an exceptional student at high school. I wanted to play ball; I'm going after a basketball scholarship and be a doctor. I got injured and my marks began to drop.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

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Every pound of muscle burns approximately 50 calories every day, just doing nothing.

Jorge Cruise

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My heroes would never let me down; they never have. I've never been disappointed by any of them.

Chrissie Hynde

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Maybe the real subject of every interview is how you really can't learn much of anything about anyone from an interview.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

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Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

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I never, ever saw myself as glam because I didn't wear makeup... my image is a plain leather jumpsuit, which is not glam at all. I've always seen myself as rock n' roll and not glam.

Suzi Quatro

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