Pat Conroy Quotes

To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised to the North, an anthem of defiance.

Pat Conroy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 26, 1945 - March 4, 2016

Topics

MotherWindBookAnswerGoneJust

A lot of people get pigeonholed because it makes it easier to understand them - or assume you understand them. I think the way you break away from that is by constantly doing different jobs.

Mia Goth

PeopleThinkDoingYouUnderstand

You should never have regrets in life. All the steps that I have taken in my career have served for something, and I have learned from them.

Alvaro Morata

LifeYouCareerI Have LearnedNever

We cannot afford the creeping paralysis that destroys the effective will of democracy - the paralysis carried by hate and rancor, between class and class, person and person, party and party, as plague is carried through the streets of a town.

Stephen Vincent Benet

HateDemocracyPartyPersonClass

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

Shirley Conran

LifeLife Is Too ShortShortMushroom

We're always open to working with other writers, producers, and contributors for channelAPA. In hindsight, the goal is to develop our content and connect with people who have similar visions as we do.

Steve Nguyen

PeopleGoalAlwaysOpenContentWho

Linebacking is easy. Hike the ball, and I know where to go.

Rolando McClain

EasyGoKnowBallWhereHike

I'm a brown girl from a Punjabi pind raised in Toronto. I don't expect literary critics and purists to understand the nuances of my experiences, and the experiences of the people around me... And my tradition holds that there is a magic in the written word. So how I write, what I write of, and why I write all comes naturally.

Rupi Kaur

GirlPeopleMeTraditionMagicWhy

Invariably, when people read the headline about Martin Shkreli, they hate Martin Shkreli. When they get to know Martin Shkreli, they love Martin Shkreli.

Martin Shkreli

LoveHatePeopleKnowGetHeadline

The second guy always gets caught, and that's why you have to initiate it instead of retaliating.

Mike Daniels

YouWhyAlwaysGuyCaughtSecond

I always find time for my mother.

Luke James

MotherTimeFindAlways

The minute we first started recording 'Defend Yourself,' I thought, 'Yeah. We're going to have to deal with a really terrible review from Pitchfork for this record.'

Lou Barlow

YourselfThoughtFirstReviewDefend

Serving 27 million Texans spread across 254 counties and two time zones isn't a job for those who require a lot of sleep.

Don Willett

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