Alice Munro Quotes

I was brought up to believe that the worst thing you could do was 'call attention to yourself,' or 'think you were smart.' My mother was an exception to this rule and was punished by the early onset of Parkinson's disease.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherYourselfSmartBelieveThink

You need to cultivate your passion and crystallize your vision. If you don't know where you're going, how are you going to plan a road-map for how to get there?

Jillian Michaels

PassionVisionPlanYouKnowNeed

I feel like I always learn from somebody who can do something better than I can.

Joe Bonamassa

BetterFeelLearnI CanAlwaysLike

I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.

Mel Tillis

MeetAir ForceAirForceAwayGet

I have motor oil running through my veins.

John Lasseter

OilThroughVeinsRunningMotor

It's terrible when I go somewhere, and I'm not recognized.

John J. McLaughlin

GoSomewhereTerribleRecognized

Ultimately, when you write from a vantage point of faith, humility, and openness to the world around you, people have to respond because those same truths are instilled in them.

Mat Kearney

FaithHumilityPeopleWorldYou

I was inspired by many teachers when I started my channel, Bob Ross being one of them. His voice was so soothing, almost like hypnosis. He was that great of a teacher, even the casual viewer could learn how to paint from watching his show. Growing up, I just remember him being so mesmerizing on screen.

Michelle Phan

TeacherGreatGrowing UpVoiceLearn

The thing that's really cool for me about Miami Beach is you have this dichotomy between sunlight and family and happiness and innocence and then at night, darker, stranger mob conspiracy stuff sort of comes out. It seems like a storytelling engine. You can just keep writing about how those two worlds smash into each other.

Mitch Glazer

FamilyHappinessBeachMeCoolYou

My idea of home is not necessarily a place.

Michael Kiwanuka

HomePlaceIdeaNecessarily

I do love to cry. I'll cry at the drop of a hat. I'll cry at your basic television programme, let alone a weepie. But not big, heavy, serious crying. I haven't done that for a while, which is a relief. More like a little welling up of joy.

Miranda Hart

LoveAloneJoyHatTelevisionDone

We will also have a more rigorous approach to professional development and managing unsatisfactory performance.

Jay Weatherill

PerformanceProfessionalDevelopment

You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.

Doris Roberts

WomanMindMeYouOldCall

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