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Colm Toibin Quotes

All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: irish
Birth: May 30, 1955

Topics

Writing You Realize Manipulation

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

Maynard James Keenan

Focus Government People Educated Us

What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going to get that much better.

Better You Three First Right Two

I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.

Work Music Day Job Rest Stop

I think there is something about... unless you come from a really evolved family that allowed you to talk about your feelings and felt like a safe environment, then you aren't really prepared to do that when you grow up.

Family Think Grow Environment You

I feel like I've been playing Spider-Man my whole life. He's a character I've been pretending to be in my bedroom since I was a kid - so I've been preparing for this forever, I think.

Life Character Think Feel Bedroom

Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.

Father Me Husband Big Being

I long for the day when there are things I feel strongly about politically.

Day Feel Long Things I Feel About

My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout. No wonder public-school people always get into politics or acting: they're taught to shout that much more loudly.

Politics Job People Speak Acting Up

I was 23 when I learned how to cook; I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving started to mean something more. Growing up, Christmas was always about me, and eventually you, when I finally started to enjoy the giving part. But Thanksgiving is always about us.

Rosecrans Baldwin

Time Me Growing Up Giving Enjoy You

I believe that I will be the WWE World Champion one day. I know that a lot of people say that; it's easy to say. If I were to go away without accomplishing that task, I would feel unfulfilled, to be completely honest.

Day People World Champion Believe

I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

Fear Sleep You Stop Creating Want

I don't have the attention span for sports.

Sports Attention Attention Span Span

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