Lorrie Moore Quotes

Sometimes I ask myself if writing novels is even respectable.

Lorrie Moore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 13, 1957

Topics

MyselfWritingSometimesAskEven

I'll make changes at receiver before I make a change at the quarterback.

Jeff Fisher

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I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.

Michael Eisner

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The best feeling in the world is performing in front of a live audience who like what you're doing. I can understand why people become dictators just because of the thrill they get making the speeches.

Steve Coogan

LiveBestPeopleWorldDoingYou

One of the reasons why I think virtual reality, as a narrative format, is never going to go beyond the short-form immersion space is because the bedrock of visual storytelling is the reverse angle. If you can't look into the eyes of the protagonist, you cannot hold people's attention for more than 15 minutes.

Steven Soderbergh

EyesSpacePeopleThinkRealityYou

Covering a Super Bowl is actually one of the easiest things we do because our most experienced people are there. We'll have 25,000 feet of film and there's no way you're going to miss anything.

Steve Sabol

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We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit.

Dixie Carter

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You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R.

Dennis Miller

EducationProblemYouKnowRealize

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

Clive Owen

CharacterActionTreatFightingYou

I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.

Brian Greene

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We all lose when bullying and personal attacks become a substitute for genuine conversation and principled disagreement.

Alicia Garza

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Don't you think you're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?

William Vickrey

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I don't know - the whole leading man, I don't buy it.

Pilou Asbaek

ManKnowBuyWholeLeading

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