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Conor McPherson Quotes

I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.

Conor McPherson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: irish
Birth: August 6, 1971

Topics

Me Isolation Why Write Because

Mainly, the more faddish and newer stages of life are really just marketing schemes. Tweenhood. The young old. The quarter-life crisis.

Jill Lepore

Life Marketing Crisis Young More

My mother did not want cancer to interfere with my life, as she knew it would eventually end hers.

Jenna Morasca

Life Mother End My Life Want She

I'm addicted to 'Game Of Thrones.'

Melvyn Bragg

Game Game Of Thrones Addicted

I get up and cook for my kids, who really like my scrambled eggs. Or we make pancakes and the requisite bacon. The kids either play or watch cartoons, and Daddy gets to read the 'New York Times' and do his puzzle.

Jeffrey Tambor

New York Puzzle Play New Bacon Up

My dad has blond hair, my grandmother has blue eyes. My daughter has blue eyes and blond hair. So it is pretty funny to me that I'm so heavily identified as an Asian person.

Ruthie Ann Miles

Funny Daughter Eyes Blue Me Hair

I think there are different kinds of comedians, and I prefer the clowns who are going: 'I'm an idiot, aren't we all a bit like this, laugh at me.' Whereas, a lot of other comedians are saying: 'Aren't I clever? You want to be me, aren't I cool? Revere me.' Which is fine. But that's not my bag.

Miranda Hart

Me Cool Saying Think Laugh Bag

I never played for records. If I had played for records, then I would have had many more runs against my name. If, by your performance, the team wins, then that is what is most gratifying.

Mohammad Azharuddin

Team Performance Name More Never

I love Shogun world. It's so beautiful. The performances are beautiful. It's like classic Japanese cinema, with a little 'Westworld' twist.

Luke Hemsworth

Love Beautiful World Cinema Classic

Before I go to bed at night, I ice my face, because it closes your pores and makes a difference in the morning.

Jasmine Tookes

Morning Night Face Ice Bed Go

Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption.

Dorothy Denning

Strong Everyone Encryption Proponent

I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera.

Dorothy Malone

First Opera Star Plunge Soap Movie

Our house was like a hotel. It was a loony-tunes household. If you got arrested in high school, everyone knew: 'Call Mrs. Evans; she'll bail you out.'

Chris Evans

School High School Hotel You House