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> [If there is a secret to writing, I haven’t found it yet. All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind, and hang in there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/if-there-is-a-secret-to-writing-i-haven-t-found-it-yet-all-i-know-is/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

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## More by Mary McGrory

> [Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/baseball-is-what-we-were-and-football-is-what-we-have-become/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [Baseball has a special place in our hearts. It is the game that shows us as we would like to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/baseball-has-a-special-place-in-our-hearts-it-is-the-game-that-shows/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [ \[On Italy:\] ... the country where kindness to strangers is a religion, you can't turn your head without seeing something beautiful, and you can't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/on-italy-the-country-where-kindness-to-strangers-is-a-religion-you/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [ \[On George H.W. Bush:\] A man who wishes to lead the Western world should be able to find the right words, string them together… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/on-george-h-w-bush-a-man-who-wishes-to-lead-the-western-world-should/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [Dogs, bless them, operate on the premise that human beings are fragile and require incessant applications of affection and reassurance. The random lick of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/dogs-bless-them-operate-on-the-premise-that-human-beings-are-fragile/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/haldeman-is-the-only-man-in-america-in-this-generation-who-let-his/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [You need the will to disarm the civilian population. If we can do it in Somalia, we can do it here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/you-need-the-will-to-disarm-the-civilian-population-if-we-can-do-it/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [Anyone who has undergone home repair lately knows that your everyday artisan uses language so loosely and makes false promises so glibly as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/anyone-who-has-undergone-home-repair-lately-knows-that-your-everyday/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [And the propensity of weak and empty people to follow a leader into the darkness from which there is no return is still flourishing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/and-the-propensity-of-weak-and-empty-people-to-follow-a-leader-into/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [Human sacrifice is much in vogue right now. The Republican right thinks that people who get on its nerves, especially women, should be sent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/human-sacrifice-is-much-in-vogue-right-now-the-republican-right/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [Appliances have idiosyncracies, just like us. Unfortunately they have picked up our less attractive traits - they are proud, spiteful, and unforgiving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/appliances-have-idiosyncracies-just-like-us-unfortunately-they-have/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [ \[On men:\] On their best days, the best of them are eight years old. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/on-men-on-their-best-days-the-best-of-them-are-eight-years-old/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [ \[On Senator Everett Dirksen:\] His great enemy was boredom and he won every engagement. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/on-senator-everett-dirksen-his-great-enemy-was-boredom-and-he-won/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [ \[On George H.W. Bush vs. Michael Dukakis:\] Americans now know they can vote for a man who can't express his thoughts or a man… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/on-george-h-w-bush-vs-michael-dukakis-americans-now-know-they-can/)

[Mary McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcgrory/)

> [If there is a secret to writing, I haven’t found it yet. All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcgrory/if-there-is-a-secret-to-writing-i-haven-t-found-it-yet-all-i-know-is/)

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