Alice McDermott Quotes

I was the youngest; I had two imperious older brothers - I didn't get to often complete sentences at the dinner table. So writing was a way of saying what nobody asked me to say.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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No matter how much it's growing, the Internet still is a pretty specific demographic. It doesn't necessarily represent the general populace.

Andy Samberg

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I think that Hiphop should be a pulpit for the people.

Slick Rick

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I like TV, I feel comfortable there and I'm willing to take every opportunity that's offered to me.

Sofia Vergara

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I will always be my hardest critic. Nobody else will ever be able to come at something I do harder than I come at myself.

Tomi Adeyemi

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I'm doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'... It was a book I read when I was younger, and it just changed my life, and I just wanted to be a part of it.

Logan Lerman

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I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again.

Johnny Vegas

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I've had a fair amount of experience with snakes, and I find them to be pretty honest in terms of how you read their body language and emotions. They'll tell you when they're grumpy. They'll tell you when they're okay.

Dominic Monaghan

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I will greet every person who comes to my workshops and seminars.

Diamond Dallas Page

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I have a lot of looks but right now I'm really into grunge. Messy hair, black heels. I get Michelle Pfeiffer with it.

Chloe Grace Moretz

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I got along better with the guys than with the girls. Only two girls came up to talk to me. Later I found out they were telling their boyfriends, 'If you talk to her, I'll kill you.' It's always rough with that high school thing.

Christina Aguilera

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It was very important for me to touch on things that haven't changed, like schools. I'm in Cleveland, Ohio. My lady's from Ohio, and the schools are being torn down, and they turned them into high-rise condos.

Anthony Hamilton

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Novelty is the universal cry - novelty by hook or by crook! It is an exceedingly common mania among people of inordinate wealth to exact incessantly new or so-called new dishes.

Auguste Escoffier

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