Alice McDermott Quotes

It worries me that undergrads and high school students are forced into books they aren't ready for, like Faulkner's, and then they are afraid of putting their toes in the water again.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WaterSchoolMeHigh SchoolReady

Our policies should be to help develop civil society and increase contacts with people.

Joe Garcia

PeopleSocietyHelpDevelopCivil

What's so interesting about 'Point Break' to me is that it's a study of testosterone and adrenaline by a woman. That's why it's little more interesting than it should be.

John C. McGinley

WomanMeInterestingWhyMoreStudy

We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small.

Ann Veneman

HealthSmallProblemCountrySaid

We have a saying in my house, my kids and my girlfriend. We say, 'Be your best for the greater good, and rock out wherever you are.'

Michael Franti

GoodBestSayingYouHouseRock

Once you are on court, everything is different. I focus on the match.

Stan Wawrinka

FocusYouEverythingDifferentCourt

I'm confident that Senate Republicans will put up a very strong and valiant effort to continue doing what we're united around.

Tom Graves

EffortStrongConfidentDoingWill

The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

Dr. Dre

GodMeTwoThingsOnlyIRS

I don't try to be completely calculating in everything I say and do, but there's no way I'm going to talk. There's no reason to. And that's why I'm such a boring interview, because I don't go for the shock value, or smartass answers.

Chris O'Donnell

ValueGoSayBoringWhyWay

Everyone calls me 'the male Jennifer Lawrence,' because I just say things because I'm random, and I do things and I don't care what people think. I think she's hilarious.

Colton Haynes

PeopleMeRandomThinkCareSay

It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.

Winona Ryder

LoveSadSocietyStoryKindBecome

Some days, you will sit down, and you write tens of thousands of words. Others, you have to force yourself to write a single sentence.

Sylvia Day

WordsYourselfYouDownWillOthers

I learned that round four of a major is really not too much different than rounds one through three. I didn't keep to my game plan in the '08 U.S. Women's Open for the final round. That won't happen again!

Paula Creamer

WomenGamePlanToo MuchThreeOpen

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