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Alice McDermott Quotes

Character is primary. What happens as far as plot and events is not as intriguing to me as what's happening inside this particular person.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Character Me Person Events Inside

I don't have all the answers.

In principle. what is done is to take the nucleus out of a cell with a very fine micro-pipette or needle and introduce it into an egg. That had been done with amphibians a long time ago, and then there was a long pause of many years before people were clever enough to make that work in the sheep.

Work Time People Enough Sheep Long

I know so many amazing actors who don't get work... and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way.

Work Time Amazing Know Way Fair

When I was in 10th grade, I took one of those tests that's supposed to tell you what you should be when you grow up. The test told me that I should be a journalist.

Me Grow You Test Grow Up Tell

Here's the problem: the so-called 'millionaire surtax' is a permanent tax to pay for a temporary benefit.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

Problem Tax Pay Permanent Temporary

I don't really consider myself a model, to be honest. I respect designers; I think it's another art, you know.

Josephine de La Baume

Respect Art Myself Think You Know

I grew up in Chillum Heights in the Washington, D.C. area., and it was never a garden spot. When guys go, 'Hey, when I grew up, my neighborhood was tough, and it was this and that'... the reality is that it was just a terribly sad place. And thank God, I was able to escape it.

God Sad Tough Thank God Reality Go

Our party feels that we need to have fair compensation, living wage, good benefits, and decent treatment of workers, and that we can do that and still be competitive on a global basis.

Good Party Living Fair Need Workers

My advice to organizations I work with is always to be proactive rather than simply reactive when it comes to human rights issues. After all, the important process of improving company policies and practices must be carried out without having to be prompted by a labour strike, factory collapse or other crisis.

Work Process Advice Crisis Important

In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky.

Beautiful Rain Sky Angry Always

One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.

Music Loved Powerful Hip-Hop Always

There's nothing going into my mouth that's not wrapped.

Mouth Nothing Going Wrapped

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