Alice McDermott Quotes

I believe that the interior life is the same for all of us. And because they're steeped in faith, Irish-American Catholics are a people who have a language for the examined life.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I lived to be on stage, and I'm terrified. Terrified before every show.

Joan Rivers

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I got archives of records. I have records from when I was 17 that I still think are pretty dope.

Jeremih

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I love actors. I love working with actors. I really enjoy the process. I love having those in-depth discussions about the interior of their character, and actors really love to discuss that, too. I could talk about that for days with them. They love that, and I love that.

Steve Antin

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Rock bottom for some people is death. Some people never learn from their mistakes. They don't learn from other people's mistakes.

Tracy Morgan

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I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress.

Mila Kunis

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We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die.

Joko Beck

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Every time I come to the States, I wish people would react to war like they react to tobacco, for example. Because war really kills in a second lots of people, thousands of people.

Diego Luna

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But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.

Donna Tartt

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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything.

Doris Lessing

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I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring.

Chita Rivera

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In comedy, when you bomb, especially at The Comedy Store in front of a sold-out house? I think it would have been way worse if I bombed there than losing a UFC fight.

Brendan Schaub

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I believe in laughter. I believe laughter is good for the soul. I believe in making other people laugh to make them feel good.

Anthony Ray Hinton

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