Dorothy Allison Quotes

My sisters, we didn't like each other as kids. We were scared of each other, I think, but we've grown to love each other. It was fun to write about these sisters who were supposed to hate each other but really don't.

Dorothy Allison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 11, 1949

Topics

LoveHateFunThinkWriteScared

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

Jim DeMint

GoalsWorldCompromiseYouWell

Many Americans genuinely fear that God is preparing to remove his hand of protection and blessing from our country, or perhaps already has.

Joel C. Rosenberg

FearGodBlessingCountryHandOur

If you can lessen the chance of a bad injury by being strong, you have to do it.

Joel Parkinson

ChanceStrongYouBadBeingInjury

Both Brutus and Hamlet are highly intellectual by nature and reflective by habit. Both may even be called, in a popular sense, philosophic; Brutus may be called so in a stricter sense.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

NatureHabitIntellectualMaySense

It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

CuriousUpEnglishFactWordBefore

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

John W. Gardner

LifeExcellenceManSurviveFree

Tough guys have to be tough. But tough guys don't have to be guys.

Steve Rushin

ToughGuys

My whole story is straight mythical. It's tangible, but it's also what life could be.

Travis Scott

LifeStoryWholeStraightMythical

Alan Bennett is a starmaker; he's the Simon Cowell of the theatre world! He's a beautiful, beautiful man: completely humble and so accessible.

Russell Tovey

BeautifulHumbleManTheatreWorld

When CNN does a story and then says, 'Tweet us what you think' - why? Why does it matter what I think? Why should my thoughts be broadcast on a national news program? It's enough for me to just sit and listen and learn.

Jason Alexander

MeThoughtsStoryThinkLearnYou

You make a record because you have to chart your progress, not only for yourself, but for your audience.

Jason Moran

ProgressYourselfYouAudienceYour

My generation has a hard time being genuine and enthusiastic. There's a lot of irony in our culture.

Christopher McCulloch

TimeCultureGenerationGenuineHard

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