Alice Munro Quotes

For a long time, I had the idea that I would do a certain amount of work the best I could, and then I would reach a comfort zone, and I wouldn't be pushed to write more. I would become a different person. It's a surprise to me that this hasn't happened. Your body ages, but your mind is the same.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkTimeBestMindMeComfort Zone

I've always tried to get around writing love songs, I guess because I've always had a hard time saying, 'I love you.'

Jenny Lewis

LoveI Love YouTimeWritingSaying

I love everything from ice cream to prawns.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

LoveIceIce CreamEverythingCream

Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job that's paying you a fortune but it's not what's in your heart. Risking things is one of the biggest fears we have.

John Tesh

FaithHeartJobMovingYouRisk

Growing up, it was kind of a struggle being small, since everyone would make fun of you - except for when it came to hide and seek: that's the only advantage I ever had!

Simone Biles

StruggleFunGrowing UpSmallYou

Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.

Shirley Manson

WomenTogetherEqualityMePolitical

I think the most important thing we can teach our kids for their long-term health and happiness is how to cook.

Michael Pollan

HappinessHealthThinkImportant

The expressive body is not literal; it's very primal, and that's what I feel when I make the best of my work. It's coming from a primal place rather than an intellectual place.

Michael Leunig

WorkBestFeelBodyPlaceComing

Nobody can defeat you when you all are working together.

Jason Pierre-Paul

Working TogetherTogetherYouDefeat

The Trans-Pacific Partnership has the potential to reshape America's relationship with the nations of the Pacific Rim, enhance U.S. leadership in this critically important region, and provide a major boost to our economy.

Cory Gardner

LeadershipRelationshipPotentialOur

I've stated my position, and that is we do not need a contraption to play the game of golf. I would hope that we'd play under one set of rules, and those rules would include a ban on the long putter hooked to the body in some way, shape or form.

Arnold Palmer

HopeGameGolfBodyRulesPlay

My clothes are fabulous - colourful, fun and by some very special designers. They deserve a better life than being sleeping beauties in a bed of tissue inside a trunk.

Suzy Menkes

LifeFunBetterClothesSleeping

Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account.

Susana Martinez

SometimesAlwaysEngageAnalysis

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