Alice Munro
Related ALICE MUNRO Growing up, I wasn't the most vocal kid in the world. I feel like I learned through observation,... BARRY JENKINS You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer. I DONT KNOW RAY LEWIS I really am a thinker. I don't do things rash. I know some of the things I've said or the wa... BODE MILLER What I've realized is that we're our own harshest critics. We give ourselves limitations. Bu... CARLA GUGINO WALTER BECKER I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical natur... JEFFREY JONES JOE NAMATH Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at si... FRANCES WRIGHT BEN ELTON I think paranormal experiences are very personal, again, if they are that. Yes, sometimes I've f... ANDREA CORR I hate throwing personal things away, especially my cards. As I know I won't be dancing for ever... DARCEY BUSSELL There are some different things I'm writing and developing, but I don't know where they'... ABBY ELLIOTT JOHN RAMPTON GARY JOHNSON Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE JOHN MADDEN ANNIE PARISSE When people ask me a personal question, I answer it in a personal way. I can only speak from the foo... LA'PORSHA RENAE JOYCE MEYER ANI DIFRANCO I have friends that I have made through Twitter or things like that, but they're all verified as... KATIE FEATHERSTON RACHEL MCADAMS I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I'... VALERIA GOLINO KENNY G You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done. GABRIEL IGLESIAS HOPE SOLO ALEX TURNER I've learned that guns are exceptionally challenging to use effectively, with a power that must ... TRIESTE KELLY DUNN SIGOURNEY WEAVER I feel like 'Beware' is a heartfelt song - it's something that is definitely a story, so... BIG SEAN I'm always saying that my books are not autobiographical because they're not. I can't ch... CECILY VON ZIEGESAR JERRY GARCIA COMMON I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I'v... EVAN PARKER DOUGLAS ADAMS COLIN KAEPERNICK ROB LOWE BURNING SPEAR One of the things that attracts me to vintage and antique things is they have stories, and even if I... MARY KAY ANDREWS I've learned a great many things through lectures...but it's not the only way I learn. BENJAMIN L. STEWART TONY STEWART I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention... DANA PLATO SUFJAN STEVENS TOM PETTY JACKSON BROWNE The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's that they know,... PAUL KRUGMAN AMY BLOOM ASHTON KUTCHER I've probably had my best time acting - or not acting, or trying to not act - on things like ... AIDAN GILLEN I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push mysel... SAMAIRE ARMSTRONG I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - t... JAMES STOCKDALE Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. ... HOWARD DEAN I think that terriers are not really the prettiest dogs, but they're scrappy and they're loy... MICHAEL RAYMOND-JAMES We've done as best a job as we can making it clear that I'm earning what I'm earning bec... BEN PLATT GREG BEHRENDT I don't separate things out between what's personal and what's my work. My passion is pe... MAIWENN I've always been drawn to spooky things, to the unusual, to things that are dark but in a friend... JANE GOLDMAN JOHN MALKOVICH SEAN PENN TOM FORD STIEG LARSSON I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you... ANNA FRIEL JEFF NICHOLS I get letters from people saying one of the things they like best about what I've done since ... ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but i... ELIZABETH MCGOVERN MARTHA BECK HIDEO KOJIMA RUSSELL WILSON KNUTE ROCKNE DANICA PATRICK It wasn't until I started to read short stories - by people like Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, Joh... CAROL WINDLEY GOTYE I think all kids think their parents are strict. My parents aren't superstrict, but they seem to... CODY LINLEY Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have d... SAMUEL GOLDWYN, JR. HILLARY CLINTON Films are big hits when they touch a lot of people. Things are not funny in a vacuum, they're fu... HAROLD RAMIS JOHN LYDON DAVE GROHL R. KELLY I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no... BEN SILBERMANN NATALIE MERCHANT Personally, I do the best work with people I'm closest with. I know what their tastes are, and t... ATTICUS ROSS I don't want to be thought of as somebody who's spiritually ambiguous, but the reality is th... SHANE CARRUTH I'm scared of horses, and I don't know how to shoot them, but that's what excites me. Af... ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU I don't know about you, but I think blankets are the best, especially your own personal blanket. LAURA MARANO I've learned a lot just being around LeBron. People say things about him all the time, but he wo... BEN SIMMONS My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music. EDDIE TRUNK It's really good because I can teach them some of the things I know, and hopefully they can do some ... CODY JENKINS ABBY WAMBACH HOPE SOLO FAMKE JANSSEN NEIL PEART MATT GROENING I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It's univer... ALICIA KEYS IGGY POP I don't know how I would feel if they hadn't come to Ithaca. I would probably feel differently. But ... JACK GOLDMAN STEVE JOBS GINNIFER GOODWIN
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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
The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the thin... 
With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're s... 
There are some things that I write that I know are personal in a way, or the gag is so obscure that ... 
I've been some through some things medically. I've seen some things on my brain. But I'v... 
I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible thing... 
I've found that most successful people do things because they get personal satisfaction from the... 
I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for every... 
I've got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to a... 
Psychopaths are actually, really, really, really rare in our culture, are people who don't... Or... 
I have learned from personal experience that putting trust in God means there will be some unanswere... 
After a while, I sorta start to think there is no such thing as private, people don't like to say th... 
I definitely believe that you are drawn to certain things for inexplicable reasons, but in a very po... 
Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can wor... 
I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter.... 
I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where th... 
Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in... 
We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business... 
I think you really have to remember what you loved about making music in the first place. Ultimately... 
I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things... 
Sometimes, when things are going really well, I feel like I've already seen things - it's th... 
When you're writing personal stories, you have to be totally uncompromising - to the extent that... 
A lot of things encouraged me to start my label. I think it's very important for an artist to kn... 
I'm sorry guys, but that was something that absolutely had to be done. Some things are acceptable, a... 
I've read in a couple stories that I was raised Episcopalian, but that's not true. I think t... 
When I go to see people, I always kind of hope they are going to play some kind of songs I know. So ... 
The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things, and that it lasts, that&... 
I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Aust... 
I've learned the hard way how valuable privacy is. And I've learned that there are a lot of ... 
I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny becau... 
I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that a... 
I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're bein... 
I'm living the exact life I planned on living when I was five. My life has taken some turns and ... 
I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often abou... 
I'm not as worried about the process of writing, simply because I think I've got that one do... 
I don't believe that there are no spiritual beings around us. I don't know what to call them... 
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The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not onl... 
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I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life,... 
But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've a... 
The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about yo... 
I don't think that much about my relationship with my mother and what it did to me. I sometimes ... 
You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big bold rig... 
Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more. 
The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them. 
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death. 
It first appeared like a crazy idea. It turned out he had a great idea. 
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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. 
Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things. 
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. 
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I think that I do feel that my nature is to express what this self, this particular self at this tim... 
I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire... 
The sea has this contradictory quality, that the more you see of it, the more it overwhelms the eye ... 
It seems our fate to be incorrect (look where we live, for example), and in our incorrectness stand. 
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. 
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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... 
,,,It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has ...