Alice McDermott Quotes

Those of us who know the transporting wonder of a reading life know that it little matters where we are when we talk about books or meet authors or bemoan the state of publishing because when we read, we are always inside, sheltered in that interior room, that clean, well-lighted, timeless place that is the written word.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeReadingWonderPlaceKnowMeet

Blacks had a huge role in settling the West, but you'd never know it from Western movies.

Melvin Van Peebles

YouKnowMoviesNeverWestRole

When we start a new store, we make sure that we transfer enough starter culture from other stores that are already Whole Fooders, who've already incorporated our values and our culture within themselves into the... into the store.

John Mackey

CultureStartEnoughValuesNew

As an actor, you are always waiting for someone else to be able to tell you when it's okay to work, and as a writer, you can just pick up your computer and start whenever you want. That is really freeing.

Matt Letscher

WorkWaitingStartSomeoneYouWant

The use of drones is rapidly transforming the way we go to war. On the battlefield, a squad leader can receive real-time data from a drone that enables him to view the landscape for miles in every direction, dramatically expanding the capabilities of what would normally have been a small and isolated unit.

Michael Hastings

LeaderWarSmallDirectionDataGo

I love coming back to Edinburgh. It's nice to spend real time here.

Sophie Wu

LoveTimeBackNiceRealComing

The '90s were a time of building for me. Building a life that was sober, drained of harmful, wasteful excess and manufacturing in its place a family of my own.

Rob Lowe

LifeFamilyTimeMeBuildingPlace

May my soul bloom in love for all existence.

Rudolf Steiner

LoveSoulMy SoulBloomExistence

I think that all women, unless they are absolutely asleep, must be feminists up to a point.

Ruth Rendell

WomenThinkPointUpMustI Think

I'm a news junkie.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

News

Tehran already has the largest inventory of ballistic missiles in the Middle East.

Michael T. Flynn

InventoryMiddleMiddle EastEast

After 'Game of Thrones,' having a character like that, that's like the pinnacle of your career.

Jason Momoa

CharacterGameCareerLikeYour

When I went to college, I really became interested in cultural anthropology. Our behavior isn't that different from other primate species'.

Jon Taffer

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