Alice McDermott Quotes

Any fiction writer who assumes that a character is typical no doubt runs the risk of stumbling into cliche and stereotype.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterDoubtRiskFictionWriter

The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.

John Major

ArmyCountryTerrorismIrishOwn

I began playing Monopoly for real when I was 26 years old. Today, my wife and I have approximately 1,400 little green houses - each paying us monthly. You do not have to be a rocket scientist or have a Harvard degree to play Monopoly for real.

Robert Kiyosaki

TodayWifeGreenYouPlayRocket

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

Robert Louis Stevenson

QuietGoMindsClockOwnFortune

That's one of the things that's great about acting. You can play all the different aspects of a human being.

Jeff Bridges

GreatYouActingPlayHumanThings

Running gives me the confidence to be at my peak throughout the rest of my day.

Sterling K. Brown

ConfidenceDayMeRestPeakRunning

And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know.

Milos Forman

ControlYouPersonKnowEverything

I really wanted to get out of England.

Jared Harris

OutGetEnglandWantedReally

Sure, I know that I cannot speak in proper English. I know that I can't sing in proper English. I don't care.

Concha Buika

SpeakCareKnowEnglishSureSing

When I first started, I was much weaker of a singer because I wasn't used to singing so much. Now I've learned, when I'm singing on stage, not to go over. You can go over and mess yourself up. I used to do it all the time, wouldn't know how to preserve it for the next show.

Brittany Howard

TimeYourselfSingingYouGoKnow

My first wife is a good woman, I still can't say nothing bad about her other than the fact that we had a difference on religion. She wanted someone who was a Muslim who shared those values. And I was like a heathen. I had to stay home on Sundays and watch the football game.

August Wilson

GoodHomeFootballWifeWomanGame

When the Bangladesh war happened, people in Pakistan who did not support it were called unpatriotic. My father was in the jail at that time, and a lot of those who knew my family used to call us children of a traitor.

Asma Jahangir

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Whenever any actress works with an actor again, more than once, people start linking their names.

Prabhas

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