Alice McDermott Quotes

I think 'Charming Billy' ultimately is a novel about faith and what we believe in and, above all, what we choose to believe in.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FaithBelieveThinkChooseCharming

In a perfect world, you make a seamless transition from one great era to the next, but that rarely happens. I've studied these things: how do you go from the Aikman-Irvin-Smith Cowboys to the next era? I'm all for continuity. I wish we could have done it that way with Bill Polian, Jim Caldwell, Peyton.

Jim Irsay

GreatWorldWishYouPerfectDone

The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving.

John Bolton

ProblemCompetitorsGlobalMany

I have exercises that lead participants to discover for themselves that their deepest fulfillment comes when what they're doing is of benefit to larger society in some way. This really knocks some for a loop - especially those schooled in the 'take no prisoners' approach.

Srikumar Rao

SocietyDoingWayDeepestLeadTake

Public education is an investment in our future.

Matt Blunt

EducationFuturePublic EducationOur

Eventually, brain implants will become as common as heart implants. I have no doubt about that.

Miguel Nicolelis

HeartBrainDoubtWillBecomeAbout

I think you can be conservative and fight for what you believe in without being mean-spirited or bash people or be ugly about it.

Mike Gallagher

FightUglyPeopleBelieveThinkYou

Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh's whole thing is entertainment. Yes, it is incendiary. Yes, it is ugly.

Michael Steele

UglyEntertainmentYesWholeRush

Solutions must be based on compromises.

Joschka Fischer

SolutionsMustCompromisesBased

So many great movements didn't succeed the first time, but people kept trying and trying and trying.

Cory Booker

GreatTimePeopleSucceedTrying

At the age of eight I started getting into fashion, brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica and Ralph Lauren. But in 2005 I started wearing John Richmond jeans.

ASAP Rocky

AgeFashionJeansStartedEight

I've never been one to bow down to people who try to question my identity because I don't fit their mould of what an Aboriginal Australian is supposed to be or look like.

Shari Sebbens

IdentityPeopleLookDownTryNever

I appreciate the intimacy of a 300-to-500-person venue; it's the sweet spot for me.

Tycho

MeSweetAppreciateIntimacyVenue

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