Daniel Woodrell Quotes

I am well aware that the writers of New York, London, and Toronto are more readily noticed, though the shadowy and potent Ozarks Literary Cabal does what it can for me, then nightly joins me for dinner and calls me 'honey.'

Daniel Woodrell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 4, 1953

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I AmNew YorkMeDinnerHoneyNew

In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing teachers and musicologists. The entire course of study has confirmed what I already thought, that the value and meaning of opera singing, at the beginning of the third millennium, remain intact.

Andrea Bocelli

BeginningValueSingingColleagues

Being at home with my family always inspires me. I find it hard to be inspired when I'm on the move. I'm not creative when I'm jet-lagged and sleeping in strange hotels.

Stefon Harris

FamilyHomeCreativeMeFindHard

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

Soren Kierkegaard

LoseDareOneselfFooting

I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust.

Siegfried Sassoon

EvilBelieveI CanPartyI Believe

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

Robertson Davies

TimeStupiditySocietyWillNonsense

I'm unable to do the thing that Broadway actors do in plays, sometimes for years. The same exact blocking, the same exact lines. I'm a little bit uncomfortable with that. Every night I'm looking for ways to try something else.

Mike Birbiglia

NightLookingUncomfortableSometimes

'Bionic Woman' really enriched my career. It was a big, amazing thing to do.

Michelle Ryan

WomanAmazingCareerBigReally

I want to be cutting-edge.

Missy Elliott

WantCutting-Edge

We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75.

Dmitri Mendeleev

DiscoveryUnknownExpectExample

What is a hero without love for mankind.

Doris Lessing

LoveHeroWithoutMankind

I think I'm just someone that just tries to get by. I'm kind of - if it was during the Second World War, I'd be a black marketeer, I think.

Craig Ferguson

WarWorldBlackThinkSomeoneKind

Frank Sinatra was a great singer, but my favourite is Sammy Davis Jr. He had incredible versatility in his voice, often doing impressions of people. It's always going to be classic, and you'll never get bored listening.

Anton du Beke

GreatPeopleListeningVoiceDoing

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