Alice McDermott Quotes

What interests me is whatever it is that allows the heart to continue to yearn for something the intelligence knows is impossible to have: a lost love, a shelter from life's blows, the return of a time past, even a connection to the dead.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 27, 1953

Topics

LifeLoveHeartTimePastMe

I think fashion takes itself way too seriously. It's just fashion, people. It's just clothes. It should be frivolous and fun. You're not meant to see it as church and pray to a blouse.

Jeremy Scott

FunPeopleFashionThinkChurchYou

I do feel I have a hard time dealing with things being OK.

John Grant

TimeFeelHardThingsBeingDealing

I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system.

John Connolly

LiveJusticeSocietyThinkFeel

It implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money.

Robert Harris

FailureMoneyYouBeingWriter

The world of cheerleading is incredibly demanding, incredibly physical, and it has a lot of risk. The way people fly through the air is so thrilling to watch, but it takes hours and hours of practice and training.

Tom Kitt

TrainingPracticePeopleFlyWorld

I was on the show previously as a guest host, so I had a little practice.

Rocco DiSpirito

PracticeLittleGuestShowHostHad

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.

Mike Tyson

PeopleKnowSometimesSayThey Say

In comedy, I often see so many weird race jokes, and it's like, there is no racial diversity in your show to even make those race jokes. The problem is that there is no one in the back to say, 'Hey, that race joke is not really appropriate.'

Michaela Coel

ManGrowHouseKnowGrow UpUp

It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A.

Dolly Parton

GoodHomeGreatAlwaysPerform

I'll just say that there are certain people who continue to be hired in Hollywood, and that leaves me truly shocked.

Doug Liman

PeopleMeSayHollywoodJustWho

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

Chen Shui-bian

GreatnessDemocracyBelieveI Believe

Maybe by making people feel uncomfortable, I tap into that uncanny quality that is a part of the scariest, weirdest things that you remember happening to you when you were a kid.

Ariel Pink

QualityPeopleRememberUncomfortable

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