Alice Munro Quotes

I like gaps; all my stories have gaps. It seems this is the way people's lives present themselves.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeoplePresentWaySeemsLikeLives

When the narrative itself starts knocking on the glassed-in box that was your prescription for how you were going to write this novel... you have to listen to it.

Jim Crace

YouListenWriteBoxGoingYour

Acting forces me to socialise, which is good for me, I think.

Jesse Eisenberg

GoodMeThinkActingForcesI Think

I saw that the incorporation of Texas into this Union would be indispensable both to her safety and ours. I saw that it was impossible she could stand as an independent power between us and Mexico without becoming the scene of intrigue of foreign powers, alike destructive of the peace and security of both Texas and ourselves.

John C. Calhoun

PowerPeaceSafetyImpossibleTexas

Whether I was dancing around the house with headphones on or on stage with the Spice Girls... I learned firsthand that dancing was the key to shedding off the pounds and keeping them off.

Mel B

KeyHouseSpiceDancingStageOff

Some scientists think it may be possible to capture a wormhole and enlarge it many trillions of times to make it big enough for a human or even a spaceship to enter.

Stephen Hawking

ThinkEnoughPossibleCaptureHuman

From the day I started to think politically and to develop my own moral values, from my earliest youth, I have been an ardent defender of Israel.

Steven Spielberg

DayYouthThinkValuesMoralMy Own

Breakaway goals are fun. When you score a quick one in front of the net, it just happens, but during a breakaway, there's about one or two seconds where you're not sure.

Sidney Crosby

GoalsFunYouTwoQuickScore

It came to me then in a flash that obviously the temperature of the water was responsible for the nystagmus.

Robert Barany

WaterMeResponsibleTemperature

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Robert Burns

BrotherBlissBrothersDistressSons

I grew up with 'Star Wars,' not 'Star Trek.'

Rony Abovitz

UpStarWarsStar WarsTrekGrew

Maybe it has something to do with turning 30. I don't feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious. I have more confidence that I can handle what life brings me. I don't feel scared to have an idea and express it.

Michelle Williams

LifeConfidenceMeFeelI CanShy

You got to get it while you can.

Janis Joplin

YouGotGetWhile

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