Patricia MacLachlan Quotes

I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.

Patricia MacLachlan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildrenRespectGreatAbility

But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of the work, a regular sequence of more exciting and less exciting sections.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

WorkTragedyMoreEmotionalTension

I am weary of happiness, both as a word and as a concept.

Meghan Daum

HappinessI AmWearyWordConcept

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

John Updike

RespectWhateverBeenCostsNewness

The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again.

Tony Campolo

CommunityTimeAbortionGayWill

When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother.

Rodney Dangerfield

MotherMedicalUglyDoctorBorn

Good Democrats love America. Good Republicans love America. We need a leader who understands not just the words of unity but the practice of building unity.

Mitt Romney

LoveGoodLeaderWordsPractice

You cannot trust 25 guys in a locker room to have the same respect and training as I do with a weapon. That I do understand. I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself.

Luke Scott

RespectMyselfTrustTrainingGun

Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible to become a sham.

Joseph Conrad

LoveLove IsImpossibleFeelingsOur

I can't remember missing a practice because of illness.

Don Shula

PracticeRememberMissingIllness

So many people in the gay community have always asked me to come out, say it like it is, and help our cause. But for me... I think my biggest statement I could give to the world is to be strong being myself... you have to make something of yourself, and that's what makes us strong.

Johnny Weir

CommunityMyselfBe StrongYourself

On September 22, 2002, my mama, Buhlar Hinton, died. When the guards told me, I gave up. She'd been deteriorating for a long time - I believe she died of a broken heart.

Anthony Ray Hinton

HeartTimeBrokenMeBelieveLong

I was never any good at keeping secrets.

Ariel Levy

GoodSecretsNeverAnyKeeping

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