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Alice McDermott Quotes

I know Irish-American people. I know what their homes look like. I know what they have for dinner. I know how they turn a phrase.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People Dinner Look Know Turn Like

An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all.

Truth Reason Individual Above Feared

If you can actually get someone to sit on the edge of their seat and feel nervous if there's a knock at the door, then you've done something pretty terrific as a writer.

Door Feel Someone You Edge Done

I read that book 'Fat is a Feminist Issue', got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it.

Book Fat Through Halfway Got Read

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

World Belief Dead Who He Another

When my job isn't performing in a WWE ring, my job is to get back performing in that ring. When I'm hurt, all I have to do all day is get strong and get better. I'm a very dedicated physical therapy patient, and that helps a lot.

Day Job Strong Hurt Better Back

I consider each performance to be an intimate conversation between me and the audience members.

Me Performance Conversation Audience

I think we're really - we're doing a really great job doing our show, and other shows are doing a great job doing theirs, and we'll just see what people have to say.

Michael C. Hall

Great Job People Think Doing Say

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

Time Hate Security Searching Get

I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture.

Good Culture Struggle Evil Process

If acting with other people is in your plans, then you need to learn how to work with other people to build a comedic premise.

Work People Learn You Acting Plans

In fighting, when someone's signed up to fight me, I'm not humble. I've never been humble.

Humble Fight Me Fighting Someone Up

I have always written - since I was a kid. I might say that I am essentially a writer who is bored to be alone in the room writing. I need to have more people around me. So, I 'write' with a film camera and have a party at the same time by having a bunch of people around.

Alone Time I Am People Me Writing

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