Alice McDermott Quotes

I think a misconception among many non-religious people is that anyone with a strong faith is, in all ways and at all times, blindly consistent, unwavering, unquestioning.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FaithPeopleStrongThinkBlindly

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese.

Jennifer Lee

ChineseKnown

Where there is age there is evolution, where there is life there is growth.

Anjelica Huston

LifeGrowthAgeEvolutionWhere

I'm a homebody. I like having my parents around.

Michael Fishman

ParentsLikeHomebodyAroundHaving

It's true that I'm always happy to walk away.

Ana Patricia Botin

WalkHappyTrueAlwaysAway

I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like with Clapton, when I wanted to learn how he was getting some of his sounds - which were real neat - I learned how to make the sounds with my mouth and then copied that with my guitar.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

PeopleListeningGuitarLearnMouth

It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it's energy. It's the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see.

Josef Albers

TodayScienceArtSoulAppreciation

My question about luging is, How do you get into the luge community to begin with? Is it one day like, 'Mom, Dad, I really want to luge.' And your parents are like: 'O.K., I'll quit my job. We'll move to an Alpine community.'

Douglas Coupland

CommunityDayJobParentsMomYou

That's the beautiful thing about mixed martial arts - and I'll tell people that - you have to think outside of the box.

Demetrious Johnson

BeautifulPeopleThinkYouOutside

I went to lunch at the Ivy. People started running across the street, and one guy almost got hit by a car. I started to freak out. That put me into hiding for three weeks. I didn't leave the house.

Debbie Rowe

CarPeopleMeLunchHouseStreet

I am the daughter of a Chicana and anglo. I think most days I am an embarrassment to both groups. I sometimes hate the white in me so viciously that I long to forget the commitment my skin has imposed upon my life.

Cherrie Moraga

LifeDaughterHateCommitmentI Am

My mom had me when she was 16, and I was an only child, which is probably why I received a lot of love and didn't miss that my father wasn't around.

Brett Ratner

LoveFatherChildMeMomWhy

I was an avid 'Chitrahaar' and 'Superhit Muqqabala' watcher. We did not have cable TV for a long time, so that was my only source of entertainment growing up. My great fantasy was to be in 'Chitrahaar!'

Swara Bhaskar

GreatTimeGrowing UpLongLong Time

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