Colum McCann Quotes

The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all over the place. You can have a mistake in a novel. A short story has to be perfect.

Colum McCann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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There was no Congressional Club for my first campaign. There was no organized state group of Young Republicans, but there was a dedicated core of young people who volunteered to do anything my campaign needed.

Jesse Helms

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My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

Meghan Markle

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Ghettos and barrios and abusive homes and trauma wards may produce scarred souls; they can cripple more human spirits than they strengthen.

John Ortberg

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We're hoping that there is large-scale recognition that CTE is a risk when playing football.

Ann McKee

FootballRecognitionRiskPlaying

We work as a team, and that is a huge part of why we have been successful; we run fast as a team.

Aneel Bhusri

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There are some women who have made some really hurting remarks about my relationship with my husband Himanshu Malhotra. They even dared to ask me if I have divorced him just because I don't put my pictures with him too often. Now that is really ridiculous!

Amruta Khanvilkar

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Once Ray was a Ewing, all the problems were solved.

Steve Kanaly

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It's a very wonderful yet difficult thing to be given a lot of really good opportunities and the world is at your fingertips.

Troian Bellisario

GoodWorldOpportunitiesDifficult

What happened is, when I was doing 'Taxi,' the last year, we did this thing where we had on top hats and tails, and we pretended to tap-dance. And I said to myself, 'You know, I always wanted to know how to do this.' So I got myself a teacher, and I started studying, and I got hooked.

Tony Danza

TeacherMyselfDoingYearYouKnow

Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.

Robert Collier

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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.

Tom Ford

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Everybody thinks that actors would be really good at bluffing, but I think it's a little backward.

Ron Livingston

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