Colum McCann Quotes

When I come home, I say I'm coming home to Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say I'm going home to New York. I'm sort of a man of two countries.

Colum McCann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: February 28, 1965

Topics

HomeManNew YorkGoing HomeNew

I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends.

Jill Scott

LifeTimeRideSimpleBikeFriends

A lot of first novels are coming-of-age stories. A lot are autobiographical.

Stacey D'Erasmo

FirstStoriesNovelsAutobiographical

Bluegrass is really a big part of my background.

Travis Tritt

BigBluegrassBackgroundPartReally

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.

Martin Short

LifeThinkLossYouLeadWhole

I have passed all the physical hardships known to man.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

ManHardshipsPhysicalKnownPassed

There are things in low comedy that make people uncomfortable, and there are things in high comedy that make people bored.

Lorne Michaels

PeopleComedyUncomfortableHighLow

Singles are for people that want to chart - I'm measuring my success by how well I connect with people.

Little Simz

SuccessPeopleWantConnectWell

We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.

Denis Waitley

DreamTrueGotGoingComeMake

I'm doing my best to stay off that financing scheme that relies on this one strip of capital, which is the red carpet. And - no sob story - but it's hard. It takes a while.

Debra Granik

LoveAnimalProcessYouWrongGo

I learned from watching and I learned form doing.

Claire Bloom

DoingWatchingFormLearned

The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's.

Brian Setzer

ForwardNeverSongwritingReally

Latin Americans are all too familiar with the boom and bust cycles associated with economic populism.

Arancha Gonzalez

EconomicFamiliarBoomCyclesToo

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