Alice Munro
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ADAM MUNRO It's good to play well and get the result you want. The two points are the biggest thing. ADAM MUNRO Bad goals to give up, the first and third. I've got to be better than that. Trent did the right thin... ADAM MUNRO I made the first save and tried to get it in the corner, and obviously it didn't go far enough. It w... ADAM MUNRO I made the first save and tried to get it in the corner and obviously it didn't go far enough. It wa... ADAM MUNRO You feel like you should get two points in a game like that. (The winning goal) hit my stick. I trie... ADAM MUNRO He's been a big help. He changed my style to make me more in control. Before I was more reacting and... ADAM MUNRO He made a big save there. I think it hit his chest. When you're teammates come an bail out you out a... ADAM MUNRO Losing is a part of winning. DICK MUNRO BARRY MUNRO BARRY MUNRO I can’t believe it.’ I whispered.CHARLOTTE MUNRO He made a big save there. I think it hit his chest. When you're teammates come an bail out you out a... ADAM MUNRO These people talk about evolution as a theory in crisis - they don't understand the word theory. In ... ALAN MUNRO Lander did a great job. He used all of his strokes and was so mentally prepared he jumped out really... JESS MUNRO For me this place is absolutely sacred, it is absolutely special, JIM MUNRO He made a big save there. I think it hit his chest. When you're teammates come an bail out you out a... ADAM MUNRO Nobody works in the mine unless they have virtually no other option. ROBIN MUNRO She didn't jump as well as we hoped she would. She's doing it part time and jumping takes so much ti... BILL MUNRO I think she felt really good with it. BILL MUNRO Many of the British groups marched (into battle) with pipes. BILL MUNRO That's unbelievable. After the preliminaries, we had to adjust to not using starting blocks. I guess... BILL MUNRO Just look around here. There are a lot of families here. BILL MUNRO I stared down at my hands and saw the blood coat them, how warm and real something felt when it wasn... CHARLOTTE MUNRO She stayed down real well on the hurdles and her form was really good. She was really focused becaus... BILL MUNRO She was in the loaded heat for sure. She clipped the third hurdle with her leg again. She had a good... BILL MUNRO I'm really excited for our team. The guys came together to win a hard-fought, tight, ball game. They... JAMIE MUNRO We had a lot on our list to accomplish this season. (Beating) Valdosta was one of those. They kept u... LYNDSAY MUNRO They made it deep into the second day at last weekend's tournament. And they picked up right where t... JESS MUNRO It's funny but last year I went through the same thing. Both goalies went down at the same time, And... ADAM MUNRO He made a big save. He must be listening to the goaltending coach, because he used the body pretty w... ADAM MUNRO Avalon is full of desperate people.’ She bites at her lower lip this time, fumbling her hands, kni... CHARLOTTE MUNRO But we aren't a camping family. JAMIE MUNRO It was amazing. You had two huge crowds on the same night. You'd think they'd take away from each ot... JAMIE MUNRO It's grown so fast, it's hard to find the expertise for a start-up program. JAMIE MUNRO We had a good game today. Jeb had a great game and we had some guys really step up for us on both th... JAMIE MUNRO Ultimately, we didn't end up getting some breaks we needed to get an upset. Virginia has a great tea... JAMIE MUNRO When you're 22 years old, you may or may not be a man. (Snider) is a man. He has been through a lot ... JAMIE MUNRO I think we really try to make our guys multi-dimensional. We want complete players. JAMIE MUNRO That's not going to happen. You become smarter. You learn from your mistakes. It's not going to happ... 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JOHN MUNRO WOOLSEY But my considered opinion, after long reflection, is that, whilst in many places the effect of "Ulys... JOHN MUNRO WOOLSEY ALICE PAUL I think fashion can always date, but I think if a woman has elegance, she doesn't date. ALICE TEMPERLEY ALICE WATERS ALICE OSWALD ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to... ALICE DREGER After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to... ALICE DREGER Instead of constantly enhancing the norm - forever upping the ante of the 'normal' with new ... ALICE DREGER ALICE OSWALD ALICE OSWALD I think it is more of an intuitive, circular kind of personality, for starters. And, as I say of hor... ALICE WALTON ALICE WALKER ALICE SEBOLD My father loved 'Godard and Truffaut.' He was more artsy. My mom loved the 'Bourne' ... ALICE BRAGA What interests me is whatever it is that allows the heart to continue to yearn for something the int... ALICE MCDERMOTT ALICE COOPER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves. ALICE BLOCH Eclectic yet classic with a playful bohemian twist is how I'd describe my style. ALICE TEMPERLEY ALICE POTTER I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean mys... ALICE ENGLERT I do a lot of research. For 'I Am Legend', I did a lot of research about survivors. If every... ALICE BRAGA ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth... ALICE KOLLER ALICE COOPER ALICE WALKER I've spoken of the patient Peter who was obsessively forced to make conquests with women, to seduce ... ALICE MILLER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of ye... ALICE MEYNELL ALICE WALKER ALICE JAMES ALICE WALKER ALICE JAMES The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself
conspicuous in the act of laughter. ALICE MEYNELL Confidence in a bloke would be arrogance in a woman. For years, I didn't give interviews because... ALICE LOWE We have met numerous times as a neighborhood. We are united in our opposition. ALICE MOORE These men, whether laicized, defrocked, or restricted from ministry, continue to pose a threat to al... ALICE MOORE I thought if someone is willing to donate them, we're willing to take them. It never hurts to ask. ALICE MOORE We buy them (books) as our budget allows. But eighth grade has four trade books (individual-title bo... ALICE MOORE Having separate proceedings will allow the NRC to fully assess the specific characteristics of each ... ALICE MOORE We were very concerned about a monopoly and really focused on opportunities to bring new retailers t... ALICE MOORE Our goal here is to provide low prices on high-quality products and excellent services to consumers ... ALICE MOORE The goal here is to provide opportunities for new retailers to enter our marketplace. ALICE MOORE ALICE MILLER ALICE MILLER ALICE MILLER
I am very spontaneous when I write; it kind of just comes out. I never think about what I'm goin... 
When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can w... 
If I'm extra happy or excited, it'll take me an hour or two to write a song. Or, if I'm ... 
I think my characters with my fingers, I think my characters with my guts. But when I say I think th... 
I think that I write about stuff that others don't write about. I don't have a bunch of love... 
If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep. 
I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am. 
I am what I am. A fighter. 
I get a little myopic in the act of doing any writing. I think I'm not as interested or not as a... 
I don't care what you say about me anymore! I don't care what you write about me anymore. I ... 
I don't know what any of my songs are about. I don't sit down to write about anything. They&... 
To write is to reveal oneself.
With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about. 
What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't thi... 
Don't like me for what I am.
I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand peop... 
'Divergent' was my utopian world. I mean, that wasn't the plan. I never even set out to ... 
Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away,... 
I would say if you want to write, write what you care about. I think that's the most important t... 
Naturally, my stories are about women - I'm a woman. I don't know what the term is for men w... 
I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm g... 
When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might r... 
I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am. 
I don't think I've done any profound work yet... People ask me, 'How would you want to b... 
I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid. 
What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all a... 
What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how... 
I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself. 
I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don... 
I can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writi... 
I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice,... 
I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think ... 
I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story w... 
The fact that I am Latino is not a secret. There's not much I can do about that. It is what it i... 
I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing. 
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write ab... 
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity ... 
I don't have any sense or urgency about any of my writing, actually. I don't think mankind w... 
I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don... 
As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want ... 
I don't know what I believe in. I try not to think about it. I don't want to think about it. 
I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'... 
I am careful about fiction. A novel is not a tract or an essay. If I want to write about land reform... 
I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt no... 
I think I'm probably just an old-fashioned Tory. I don't wake up each morning trying to figu... 
People ask me what I'm writing. They think I'm Sandra Tsing Loh. Or they ask about stand-up.... 
My inspiration is always what I think my fans want to listen to. I often write about social problems... 
The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat i... 
My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am. 
I don't have two different personalities. I am what I am. 
I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy. 
My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is g... 
I could never write about strange kingdoms. I could never do 'Harry Potter' or anything like... 
I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not ... 
I write early in the morning. I just wake up whenever I feel awake and I have to be sitting and writ... 
I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented... 
While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because... 
I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm mo... 
Housework never really bothered me... what bothered me about it later was that it was expected to be... 
The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the thin... 
You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big bold rig... 
I judge the relative strength of a man by how envious they become, of others, who enjoy a measure of... 
Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more. 
Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up. 
It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself. 
It first appeared like a crazy idea. It turned out he had a great idea. 
There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an ... 
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death. 
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. 
Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve. 
The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way. 
When the wind blows through a wood, its mass is cut and closed by every leaf, forming a train of jit... 
I think that I do feel that my nature is to express what this self, this particular self at this tim... 
It is because I recognize the brutality with which my own multi-branched ancestors have been treated... 
One of the rules of Greek lament poetry is that it mustn't mention the dead by name in case of i... 
I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn't my calling card. 
You just let your lower self go, and then it takes on all these aspects of the society - the city wi... 
I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I am... 
The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades. 
The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can't tell a fellow anything about it, so where doe... 
It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the childr... 
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any ... 
The capacity of the human organism to bear pain is, for our own protection, limited. All attempts to... 
The truth about childhood, as many of us have had to endure it, is inconceivable, scandalous, painfu... 