Alice Munro Quotes

In those early days, the important thing was the happy ending. I did not tolerate unhappy endings - for my heroines, anyway. And later on, I began to read things like 'Wuthering Heights,' and very, very unhappy endings would take place, so I changed my ideas completely and went in for the tragic, which I enjoyed.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job.

Joan Rivers

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The McDonald's icon of the colours and the golden arch, for me, resonates as one of the most iconic images ever.

Jeremy Scott

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The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones.

Jerome Hines

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People around the world now complain about stressors everyday, and the word shows up throughout professional and lay literature. But in reality there is no such thing as a stressor. Why not? Because nothing has the inherent power to provoke stress.

Andrew J. Bernstein

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Everybody's got to work with Roger Corman. You can't leave out that experience.

John Hurt

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What does the future look like if the heads of society ask our young people to risk their lives for questionable causes? I think it looks rather bleak.

Tracy Chapman

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Well, you know what? The actor still gets up in the morning, if he's still got something to work with, you go out there and you do it. Never quit!

Robert Forster

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People always ask me: 'Do you have black in you? Do you have Spanish in you?'

Rita Ora

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Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Ludwig van Beethoven

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But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one.

Lita Ford

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There are people in the world who aren't necessarily Christians, but they're just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.

Joyce Meyer

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The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

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