Alice Munro Quotes

The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeHomeChildrenParentsDeepYou

It's great to be able to play the 'bad guy' role, because you always get a lot to do, but I'm always looking at the why - how does a person get to that particular point.

Jimmy Smits

GreatLookingYouBadPersonPlay

Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.

Joe Torre

WorldSometimesSayThey SayLittle

I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture.

John Rocha

ArchitectureDesignPhilosophyWant

I think everyone thinks their dad is a little bit odd or crazy. As they get older, they develop their own little habits. They have a certain way that they like to live their life, and nothing is going to interrupt that.

Simon Bird

LifeLiveCrazyThinkNothingWay

Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society?

Rose George

HistoryCultureTrainingChildRules

We're all funny. Humor unites us.

Luis Alberto Urrea

FunnyHumorUsUnites

I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.

Diana Ross

ThinkOutAnythingBeingIcon

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

Derek Luke

HopeTimeMyselfMeStoryThink

'Seconds' is all about spaces, and I guess spaces are kind of like people in that they can be haunting and alluring before we even really get to know them, and after prolonged exposure, they can become mundane or oppressive.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

PeopleKnowKindBecomeMundaneGet

I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.

Shawn Mendes

WorkMindThinkDreamAnythingPut

In talking about the impact of ideas in one field on ideas in another field, one is always apt to make a fool of oneself.

Richard P. Feynman

FoolIdeasImpactTalkingAlways

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.

Rene Redzepi

HomeFoodExperienceGreatnessOwn

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