Patricia MacLachlan Quotes

I think what happens is you write how you grew up. And I was born on the prairie, and so everything is kind of spare on the prairie. And so I'm just used to writing in that way. 'Sarah, Plain and Tall' was that way. And most of my fiction is. I like writing small pieces. Somehow it just suits me.

Patricia MacLachlan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 3, 1938

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I've taken just 12 vacation days in 18 years.

Jesse White

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We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state.

Jennifer Granholm

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For me, 'Arrested Development' is the cornerstone of recent television comedy. It's so incredibly flawless and perfect.

John Krasinski

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I hope to actually get back to painting someday... soon. I sort of transitioned into cartooning from painting.

Max Cannon

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If teaching isn't rewarding and challenging, we're going to continue to lose our best teachers to work in other fields.

Michael Bennet

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My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches.

Amy Klobuchar

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Since losing my legs, I've found out that I am able to help other people by sharing how I've overcome my obstacles.

Amy Purdy

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I am so girly. I love dresses.

Amber Riley

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I don't have to deal with the issues of the daily news cycle.

Ron Suskind

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I feel angry with myself the way I handled the Bible and Christianity. A lot more people are more normal with Christianity. I was crazy... telling people you will go to hell. I lost all my friends because of my militant faith.

Michaela Coel

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There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.

Joseph de Maistre

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People have said to me 'I hope you won't let happen in Washington what is happening in Kansas.'

Dennis Moore

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