Brian Moore
Brian Moore
Acclaimed Northern Irish fiction writer of the twentieth century. His popular novels include Judith Hearne, The Great Victorian Collection, and The Colour of Blood.
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 August 1921
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
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We were too passive. I take credit for that. We were just trying to get very good looks.
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Research is usually a policeman stopping a novel from progressing.
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That was probably as well as we've played as far as four quarters. We've had a big quarter or two, but we were more consistent.
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There comes a point in many people's lives when they can no longer play the role they have chosen for themselves. When that happens, we are like actors finding that someone has changed the play.
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After a goalless first half, the score at half time is 0-0.
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When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures that work inside you.
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If misery loves company, then triumph demands an audience.
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As always on this boulevard, the faces were young, coming annually in an endless migration from every country, every continent, to alight here once in the long journey of their lives.
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We let Kent move to the center (defensively) and play the short corner and it worked well. I thought the boys stepped up and played pretty well when Baldwin got in foul trouble, especially Hunter Simpson.
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We are still reviewing deals on a case-by-case basis, but our ability to insure a policy will likely depend on the outcome of the legislation.
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As the flow of subliterary "news items" and anecdotes increases, the writer's work withers and stales until, in grim transference, his life becomes his oeuvre and he his only character.
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It was about dark when we got here. We couldn't see much, but we knew it was severely damaged.
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The brace works like a bumper on your car. It absorbs the load. So a lot of the load isn't distributed through the body, it's actually distributed through the brace.
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They had our number last year and we knew we had a chance to get a little revenge.