Edna O'Brien Quotes

In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: 'Is there someone new?'

Edna O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: December 15, 1932

Topics

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The collision of mobile and social platforms and the need to build these companies from the ground up - whether it's a game, a healthcare application, an education application - building these from the ground up is what allows entrepreneurial activity to be unleashed.

Jim Breyer

EducationBuildingGameHealthcare

A way you can get really good abs in film is you get your makeup artist to paint shadows - faux washboard. But if you see me in a movie and I have great abs, it means I have a great body double.

Jennifer Tilly

GoodGreatMeMakeupYouBody

I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading.

John M. Ford

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The mini-Moog was conceived originally as a session musician's axe, something a guy could carry to the studio, do a gig and walk out.

Robert Moog

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Sick animals can lead to sick people.

Michael Greger

PeopleSickAnimalsLead

I'm the straight-talking woman in your life who is going to be really honest with you, but come from a place of love. I'm not talking down to you; I do this from my heart.

Tracy McMillan

LifeLoveHeartWomanTalkingYou

My mother had seven children in seven years. No twins. She also had a three-legged beagle who was compelled to bite strangers, a freakishly big double-pawed tomcat who regularly left dead rabbits on the front doorstep, and 70 white mice that one or another of us had smuggled home from my father's research laboratory.

Rosemary Mahoney

FatherMotherHomeChildrenResearch

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family.

Lorraine Bracco

FamilyParentsGrowing UpBlackYou

I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.

David Sedaris

WriteRightWhateverLikeAbout

The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn.

Cliff Martinez

MusicFeelLearnUnderstandMore

I don't feel like I have a legacy.

Brad Paisley

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I don't have the biggest sweet tooth, but I do have one in the morning.

Antoni Porowski

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