Colum McCann Quotes

Very seldom in my fiction have I directly used the stories people have told me. I think ripping off people's lives in fiction is dangerous. It also lacks imagination.

Colum McCann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ImaginationPeopleMeThinkFiction

You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist.

Jimmy Smits

WorkStormYouArtistFindMatter

Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion.

Robert Goulet

TimeChampionFriendsBecomeOver

When you work in Norway, you actually have to have a contract about lunches because Norwegians don't eat lunch normally, so they just throw out a loaf of bread and some coldcuts.

Stellan Skarsgard

WorkLunchYouBreadEatOut

The Republican playbook is voter suppression.

Tom Perez

RepublicanVoterSuppression

I'm a young actor and I haven't learned everything there is about acting.

Lucas Neff

ActingYoungActorEverythingAbout

When you're trying to solve a problem on a new product type, you become completely focused on problems that seem a number of steps removed from the main product. That problem solving can appear a little abstract, and it is easy to lose sight of the product.

Jonathan Ive

ProblemsProblemTryingYouLose

Instead, we did take our eye off the ball. We decided, instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, to go into Iraq. And today, unfortunately, if you look at the situation on the ground, it is a mess.

Chris Van Hollen

TodayJobEyeYouLookSituation

There's a great charm in theatre; I enjoyed doing it for twelve years and did lots of plays. At this chapter of my life, I am a cinema actor, and I would like to continue to be so, and at some point I would return to the theatre.

Boman Irani

LifeGreatI AmTheatreMy Life

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

Ashanti

MottoThinkTryingYouAccomplish

I have to be honest: I feel like I live in a constant state of rage, and I think a lot of black people do.

Alicia Garza

LivePeopleBlackThinkFeelRage

Disruption to the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz would threaten regional and global economic growth. Any attempt by Iran to close the Straits would be illegal and unsuccessful.

Philip Hammond

GrowthFlowOilDisruptionThrough

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing.

Susan George

InvestmentNothingMoreAcquisitions

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