Alice Munro Quotes

I want the reader to feel something is astonishing - not the 'what happens' but the way everything happens. These long short story fictions do that best, for me.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: July 10, 1931

Topics

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Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue.

Andre Breton

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I definitely stayed away from Twitter. I didn't want to be geotagged or anything.

Andy Hurley

WantAnythingAwayTwitterStayed

I feel like with 'On the Town,' it was the perfect production and the perfect opportunity.

Misty Copeland

OpportunityFeelPerfectProduction

We're offered bigger, larger budget movies to produce a lot, and we don't do them. That's not to say there aren't exceptions: there are a few exceptions, but I try and stick by the rules that produce what I think is the highest quality, most innovative work and try and let the rules go that make us feel like we're retreading.

Jason Blum

WorkQualityThinkFeelRulesGo

I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.

Chaz Bono

BirthdayProcessShavingAlwaysGot

Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job... and you better do it well!

Christine Lahti

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I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.

Cory Monteith

LifeFamousMy LifeNeedSenseMake

American computer science grads often have very little exposure to the human condition. They've rarely had manual labor or service jobs. They grow up in a bubble of privilege lulled into thinking this country is a true meritocracy.

Chris Sacca

ScienceServiceThinkingAmerican

I can remember the three restaurant experiences of my childhood. All I wanted to do on my birthday was to go to the Automat in New York... but I don't know if you consider that a real restaurant.

Alice Waters

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The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.

William Shakespeare

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Hillary had never run for office before, but she decided to give it a try. She began her campaign the way she always does new things, by listening and and learning. And after a tough battle, New York elected her to the seat once held by another outsider, Robert Kennedy.

William J. Clinton

LearningNew ThingsNew YorkTough

Human relationships used to be easy: you had friends, boy- or girlfriends, parents, children, and landlords. Now, thanks to social media, it's all gone sideways.

Susan Orlean

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