Brian McDermott Quotes

If you ask me why I've succeeded, it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds.

Brian McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 8, 1961

Topics

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People in my town were not that into reading, but the overblown way Texans told stories was important.

Joe R. Lansdale

PeopleReadingImportantWayStories

My mother taught us the man was the head of the family, but the woman was the neck, and you could turn him any way you like.

Jerry Hall

FamilyMotherWomanManYouWay

I'm very much inspired by things that anger me. If I see bigotry, stupidity, or injustice on the news, I'm inspired to find a way to make it into something comedic and relatable. Anger inspires me. Stupidity inspires me. My family inspires me. My accountant inspires me. Everything and anything, really.

Maysoon Zayid

FamilyAngerStupidityMeInjustice

I'd been wanting to try a YA novel for years because I saw how exciting the genre was and how amazing, hungry, and curious the readers were.

Jeff Giles

CuriousAmazingTryYearsHungry

Mary Lasker was an entrepreneur; she was a socialite. She was kind of a legendary networker. She became interested in saying, 'Well, you know, if these diseases don't have political support we'll never conquer them.' And she made, really, cancer her special cause.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

SupportSayingConquerPoliticalYou

I've always been cast in authority roles; I think because I have that presence... Comedically, I can play against that pretty well. I enjoy playing that arrogant ignorance. That's one of my favorite games to play in comedy.

Rob Riggle

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My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

Michelle Obama

FamilyLoveMotherIntegritySeeing

I'm quite a rational person, but I'm drawn to the irrational. I love coincidences, and I like to question that in fiction: 'Is this random, or is there something working underneath?'

Lisa Tuttle

LoveRandomPersonQuestionFiction

As one of the founders of Three 6 Mafia, I would like to see the group get back together, you know. But I am definitely thinking about it and would like to see it happen.

Juicy J

TogetherI AmThinkingYouBackSee

People out west love country music.

Jon Pardi

LoveMusicPeopleCountryOutWest

My mom has beautiful eyes, and I inherited a lot of her rituals, accentuating eyes.

Allison Williams

BeautifulEyesMomHerRitualsLot

I grew up reading comics - mostly Marvel - Doctor Strange was my favourite comic book and has remained my favourite as an adult. It's the only comic book movie property I've ever gone after. I felt uniquely suited to it.

Scott Derrickson

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