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Pat Conroy Quotes

Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Fear Writing American Chosen

As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment.

Life Commitment Football Schedule

Probably my biggest challenge is not eating all the food that I want to eat sometimes.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Food Challenge Eating Sometimes Want

I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it.

John Mellencamp

Art You See I See Comment Agree

Movies are very subjective.

Movies Subjective Very

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

Opinion Survive Very Takes

What if I told you every single person in America - every single person on Earth - is African? With a small scrape of cells from the inside of anyone's cheek, the science of genetics can even prove it.

Science Small America You Earth

My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles; from textiles I went to fashion.

Roberto Cavalli

Family Moment Fashion Direction

I can't make a choice to do a movie because people will go see it. People look at what a movie becomes and decide if they'll see it.

Michael Lehmann

People Look Choice Go Will See

I did a theater program the summer of my junior year, and that's when I really fell in love with the craft of acting. It became more about the craft and less about being a working actor.

Love Year Acting Summer Actor Craft

Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them.

Joyce Carol Oates

Work Negative Potential Attention

Penn State in 1955 became the first university to be issued a federal license to operate a nuclear reactor, which it continues to use for studies in the peaceful uses of atomic energy and the training of nuclear industry personnel.

Training Energy Peaceful First State

It is no good being good in halves of games or in one game and not in the next one.

Good Game Games Next Being Halves

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