Quotes about american-writer
american-writer deprived eats inward knowledge woman worse
I know this, and the knowledge eats me like an inward animal: there is nothing worse for a woman than to be deprived of her womanliness. Jean Stafford
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You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. Barbara de Angelis
american-writer difference good mere performance pieces theater
All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
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Once I could persuade these guys that all I wanted to hear from them was what they did - Tell me what you do - once you can persuade someone that this is all you're after, you can't shut them up because we're all fascinated by what we do. Roger Angell
american-writer fresh pieces rest seemed time
The rest were just pieces I liked, pieces that seemed fresh to me when I went back to them, sometimes for the first time in a long time. Roger Angell
american-writer brings projects
One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider. Larry McMurtry
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King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur. Lloyd Alexander
american-writer buy
You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Mitch Albom
american-writer art censor good performance piece since
A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.
american-writer audience knowing musical opens surprise
A musical opens and everything is a surprise when the audience comes in. What you have to do is get used to knowing what to do - and do it quickly. Peter Stone
american-writer detailed goals learn moment motivational time
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. Denis Waitley
american-writer good hand holding life playing poor success
Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. Denis Waitley
american-writer home
For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7. Jean Stafford
american-writer aspects attitudes change changing generation human inner outer revolution
The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. Marilyn Ferguson
american-writer character complain control fool self takes understanding
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. Dale Carnegie
american-writer came hanging precise silence
A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall. Jean Stafford
american-writer
Dennis Conner is Pete Rose in deck shoes.
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Psycho 11 and III say, in effect, there's no way to survive with a psychological problem. If you've got it, the law can keep you locked up because there's no chance for cure. Joseph Stefano
american-writer neglected rhetoric simply
That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen. Michael Harrington
american-writer friend knows likes man
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. Elbert Hubbard
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The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild, distant ringing of the fire bells woke George Hazard. He stumbled through the dark hallway, then upstairs to the mansion tower, and stepped outside into the narrow balcony. John Jakes
american-writer build cliff jump wings
First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury
american-writer curtain quality time
Every time a curtain rises, so does the quality of our lives. Bryan Davis
american-writer argue competition public simply works
Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime. Jonathan Kozol
american-writer enjoyment ongoing
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. Paul Goodman
american-writer united
Bill, The United States is not a company. It is a country. Stewart Alsop
american-writer believes gates logical particular reduced sequence technology ultimate
Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal. Stewart Alsop
american-writer change characters facing grow seem
What is interesting to me is how the characters respond, how they change and grow by facing what often seem overwhelming difficulties. Terry Brooks
american-writer art performance produced
Performance art can be produced in a coffee house setting.
american-writer rest time
From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect. Jean Stafford
american-writer holds knowledge life worse
For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer. Jean Stafford
american-writer awake finish habit home lie man night saying sleep thinking
Before marriage, a man will go home and lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll go to sleep before you finish saying it. Helen Rowland
american-writer fifty homesick people percent
Homesickness is nothing Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time. John Cheever