"Irish people have a trick of over-statement, at which one ceases to wince as one grows older."

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Source : Katharine Tynan (1913). “Twenty-five Years: Reminiscences”

Katharine Tynan

#People Quotes #Tricks Quotes #Wince Quotes

“I have this brand, I have my name. And I'm going to do what I want because people will buy it. People will enjoy it. So don't tell me I have to follow this formula and sit inside the box. Because I don't.”
“White supremacy is not just a social arrangement: it is a race-based faith.”

Source : "Why Blacks Know Race Is a Factor" by Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., www.huffingtonpost.com. August 4, 2011.
“With my students, I don't offer any simple tips like that, maybe because my own process is pretty messy, but when we workshop we talk a lot about the deeper subject, which is what the story or novel is about. I think defining a narrative's themes can lay bare a narrative's tensions.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none.”
“When I look in the mirror I see someone who's aging now, and someone who kept a commitment made many, many years ago, and who today is trying to be an example for young women.”
“Nature has a language of its own, or maybe those who have lived long in solitude read in it their own unconscious inner feelings and mysterious foreknowledge.”
“In preparing the soil for planting, you will need several tools. Dynamite would be a beautiful thing to use, but it would have a tendency to get the dirt into the front-hall and track up the stairs.”
“Rich people are so eccentric, and I don't think people really realize. Especially by the turn of the century, they were living like rappers.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com

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