Alan Cheuse Quotes

When Edna O'Brien's first novel, 'The Country Girls,' was published in 1960, her family and neighbors in the small Irish village where she was born tossed copies into a bonfire expressly set for that horrifying purpose.

Alan Cheuse

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 23, 1940 - July 31, 2015

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FamilyPurposeSmallBornVillage

I don't know what metalcore is. I know what rock n' roll is... It's not rocket science.

Andy Biersack

ScienceKnowRockRocketRoll

Being a mayor was an awesome, difficult job. Being the chair of the Armed Services Committee was perhaps the most incredible time in my life, because I got up one morning, and the peacenik from Berkeley was chair of the Armed Services Committee, and it was the greatest - one of the great challenges of my life.

Ron Dellums

LifeMorningGreatTimeJobMy Life

There hasn't been anybody else write a Constitution like Madison. There just hasn't been, because that person hasn't existed anywhere but here.

Rush Limbaugh

ConstitutionPersonWriteHereBeen

In general, I never think it is a good idea to try to recreate past successes. You have to strike out on your own, for better or worse.

Mary Beard

GoodPastThinkBetterYouNever

The tax money belongs to the taxpayers. It doesn't belong to the bureaucracy. And government is not a welfare system.

Bruce Rauner

MoneyGovernmentTaxBureaucracy

It's not like during your normal day, anyone says, 'How do having meaning in your life? How do you make meaning in your life?'

Bruce Eric Kaplan

LifeDayMeaningYouNormalYour

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

Anthony Davis

WantHardAlwaysOutFitTried

When you are producing for ABC, you are producing for a big tent network. So when you are thinking about your story lines and characters, you are thinking about broad appeal. When you are producing for a niche interest, you are producing for a different audience.

Anne Sweeney

StoryThinkingYouAudienceBig

We've been shooting the last two weeks with a lot of vampires. I don't want to give away too much, but if you've read the books, it's the standoff with lots of vampires in play. There's like 70 people going through the works at once. It's a little maddening, but fun. We shot pretty much the ending of the two movies the other day.

Peter Facinelli

DayFunPeopleEndingYouPlay

I feel like I need to sing again.

Peter Yarrow

FeelNeedI Feel LikeSingAgain

I love Memphis, and just being there affects one's outlook.

Morgan Neville

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I just personally decided I was going to be the first woman fighter pilot.

Martha McSally

WomanFighterPilotFirstGoing

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