Alice Munro Quotes

I don't think that much about my relationship with my mother and what it did to me. I sometimes feel terrible regret about her, what her life must have been like. Often, when I'm enjoying something, I think of how meager her rewards were and how much courage, in a way, she needed to go on living.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMotherRelationshipCourageMe

I won't do something unless I can get at least two or three good laughs out of it. If I can't, it's not gonna make the team.

Jerry Seinfeld

GoodTeamI CanThreeTwoOut

Some of the brightest, most creative minds have been touched by mental illness.

Mauro Ranallo

CreativeMental IllnessMindsIllness

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

Sophie Swetchine

VanityDignityEnemyOurConstant

I didn't get where I am today by worryin' about how I'd feel tomorrow.

Ron White

WisdomTodayI AmTomorrowFeelGet

Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are governed by the same tendency.

Rudolf Arnheim

NatureScienceManHandSameOrder

In high school, one of the things I loved doing was this after-school program where you would teach computer skills to some of the maintenance folks at school.

Mike Krieger

SchoolHigh SchoolLovedDoingYou

You know how when you're alone with your cat, your cat is kind of silly and goofy and kind of crazy? And as soon as people come over, your cat is like someone you've never met before? You know, poised. That's sort of what it's like working with Jennifer Lopez.

Michaela Watkins

AlonePeopleCrazySomeoneYouKnow

Making movies is about control. You need to control your narcissism in the first place, and you need to be disciplined enough to understand the reason for the film. You need to follow the agenda of the film, not a personal agenda or that of the studio. Or, worst of all, of the actors.

Luca Guadagnino

ControlEnoughYouPlacePersonal

I'll take photographs with kids. People who want to take photographs with me. People who like the movies. People who supported me. I'll do that all day, all night, that's fine. But the bombardment of the paparazzi is just... I truly don't understand. It just feels like this kind of gluttonous, horrific sport. It's like sport.

Johnny Depp

DayPeopleMeNightKindUnderstand

You get older and come to the conclusion that it's a great gig making music. Even if you turn into an old gnarly fart, no one cares what you look like if you write good songs - the only gig is to sing well and perform.

Dolores O'Riordan

GoodMusicGreatYouLookWrite

I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize.

Dennis Farina

PeopleMoreRealizeThanRoles

It would be a sad day if we British stopped being cynical, but you sometimes wonder whether we overdo it.

Boris Johnson

SadDayYouWonderSometimesBeing

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