Alice Munro Quotes

I found it hard to be young. When I was married in my twenties, I hated being regarded as 'the little wife.' You don't know what it was like then! I'd never even written a cheque. I had to ask my husband for money for groceries.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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For about two years, I was a little wild. I was out partying, having adventures.

Jeremy Miller

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Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

Joel Osteen

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The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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Charlie Crist has gone through his entire political life with one stump speech - his grandfather polishing shoes.

Ana Navarro

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Making vocal hooks is my favorite thing to do. That's what I love about songwriting - making catchy stuff.

Sigrid

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One night, my father woke me up because he'd come home with a horse. Two days later, I asked my mother where it was, and she said it had run away. She'd sold it.

Roisin Murphy

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My iPhone stays on. All my friends and family know that I hate the phone, so no one calls me on it. I just use it to play Words With Friends and take pictures of cute shoes.

Jasika Nicole

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In whatever work environment, whether we admit it or not, there is always a little part of us that has been or will be tempted by a lifestyle for the wrong reasons.

Dominic Cooper

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Our artists and writers should not be forced like soldiers to die on foreign soil or to return wounded and crawl famously into a hole.

Derek Walcott

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As a child, I copied Tenniel's illustrations from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' obsessively, particularly his drawing of the white rabbit in waistcoat and frockcoat, umbrella tucked under one arm and a fob watch in paw, a look of suppressed panic in his eye.

Chris Riddell

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I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.

Shawn Mendes

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I auditioned for quite a lot of films. I do not wish to name the films I auditioned for. There were times when I knew I would not be fit for this film, or I would not get this film. Still, I used to audition for it just to get experience... to practice.

Kriti Sanon

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