Alice McDermott Quotes

Right away I think of two books - 'Wuthering Heights' and 'Rebecca' - and of just sinking into them as a young reader. I think they must have appealed not just to my romantic adolescent soul, but I suppose there's also an appealing darkness in both of them.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RomanticDarknessSoulThinkYoung

I just take it day by day, and I hope one day I can say I feel good - not just be cancer free, but just feel good. I'm just living every day to the fullest: I enjoy myself, I have fun, and I pray every day that it doesn't come back.

Jim Kelly

GoodHopeMyselfDayFunFeel Good

Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it.

Robert Redford

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The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.

Maurice Gibb

ImportantRecoveryThe Most Important

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

Jean-Paul Sartre

CommunityWarWorldMayAgainst

By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning.

Michael Behe

MeanSingleSystemComplexFunction

I love to play the songs that got me to where I am. I like to take a little bit from all of my records and mix it up.

Mat Kearney

LoveI AmMePlayUpLittle

I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em.

Johnny Knoxville

LoveExceptI LoveTabloids

I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall.

Dhani Harrison

OldHimYearsGoneRecordingStuff

I work pretty quickly. I'd probably draw somebody once or twice in pencil, then just go to ink. Not really care too much about it, and it just kind of worked out.

Box Brown

WorkCareToo MuchGoKindPencil

My life would be very puzzling to most people if they had to follow me around for a day or two.

Brad Paisley

LifeDayPeopleMeMy LifeFollow

I like to follow the training session with my voice. To call at them and explain my reasons and my ideas of football. It's important to make them understand: when to move, to time it right, not wrong - the right movement.

Antonio Conte

TimeFootballTrainingIdeasVoice

As a screenwriter, you have to let go, and you have to hand your baby over and let it go off into the world, which is entirely appropriate.

Philippa Boyens

BabyWorldYouGoHandLet Go

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