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Kevin Barry Quotes

I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: irish
Birth: 1969

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Work Great Generosity Writing Short

My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.

Past People Unhappy Meaning Become

If you see me or another model in a bar, wait until you are spoken to before you speak.

Me Wait Speak You Bar See

My career, definitely, the early years were a little scattershot, in terms of - it was a little regional theater, it was a lot of voiceovers, it was a lot of random day jobs. I mean, it was hard. It was hard to scrap around, and once 'Hairspray' happened, then it all kind of clicked into place.

Andrew Rannells

Day Random Early Career Place Kind

My criteria for doing theater has always been slightly different than my criteria with movies, in that there are a lot of reasons to do films, having to do with location, money, and first and foremost having to do with script and role and director.

Money Doing Movies First Director

But I can tell that once, and if, and when this issue gets to be, under real terms, investigated, you will be seeing certain people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally.

People You Seeing I Can Country

For days on end, I avoid the Web, never logging in until about two or three, after I've written all morning. On a good week, I don't go online till after Wednesday, so four or five days might lapse without my checking e-mail.

Good Morning End Week Go Three

Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.

Law Society Rule Of Law Important

A funny thing happens when you go to another country or invest in a company from another country. Suddenly everyone in that community realizes that YC is for them, too.

Funny Community You Country Go

If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.

You Values Hobbies Stick Being Your

Wrestlers are a bunch of wanna-be football players.

Football Players Wrestlers Bunch

I don't wanta do any Blues or any sad songs.

Sad Blues Songs Sad Songs Any

I had always been fascinated by comics, but it had taken me several weeks to make up my mind to buy 'Watchmen'; for someone on a publisher's assistant's salary, it was some quite unheard-of sum of money.

Money Mind Me Someone Salary Always

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