--- title: "1 Sing National Quotes By Mary Gordon" description: "1 Sing National quotes by Mary Gordon. Plus more from Mary Gordon and more Sing National sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/mary-gordon-22173_canada_in-my-early-life-i-was-a-professional-fo_42746.jpg" --- > [In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and radio in Canada. Nobody knows that - but now I've said it, haven't I? I'm strictly a shower singer at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/in-my-early-life-i-was-a-professional-folk-singer-i-used-to-sing-on/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/mary-gordon-22173_canada_in-my-early-life-i-was-a-professional-fo_42746.jpg) ## More by Mary Gordon > [In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and radio in Canada. Nobody knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/in-my-early-life-i-was-a-professional-folk-singer-i-used-to-sing-on/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [“The Catholic Church in America is the Irish church. It is our church, end of story. We built it. We paid for it. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/the-catholic-church-in-america-is-the-irish-church-it-is-our-church/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [“One of the drawbacks of upward social mobility is a sense of guilty indebtedness to the old neighborhood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/one-of-the-drawbacks-of-upward-social-mobility-is-a-sense-of-guilty/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [My father's politics and ideas were, to me, unforgivable. He was a Jewish convert who became very anti-Semitic, and I didn't find the anti-Semitism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/my-father-s-politics-and-ideas-were-to-me-unforgivable-he-was-a/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/it-was-actually-a-women-s-writing-group-i-belonged-to-in-graduate/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [Feminism is very much a part of a lot of my student's lives, but they're not going to march about it or take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/feminism-is-very-much-a-part-of-a-lot-of-my-student-s-lives-but-they/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [“Look, just because I'm an angry, repressed, Irish-Catholic feminist doesn't mean I hate everything. I only hate youth, beauty, the human body, nature, technological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/look-just-because-i-m-an-angry-repressed-irish-catholic-feminist/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [My mother really loved me. And one of the gifts that I have been given is that I have never thought for one second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/my-mother-really-loved-me-and-one-of-the-gifts-that-i-have-been-given/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [“All the Jane Austen in the library cannot wash the Queens from this little hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/all-the-jane-austen-in-the-library-cannot-wash-the-queens-from-this/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [My weakness is 'American Idol.' My husband thinks it's ridiculous. But I am so inspired by those young people who are singing their guts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/my-weakness-is-american-idol-my-husband-thinks-it-s-ridiculous-but-i/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [I wasn't thinking about my pension plan until about two years ago. When I was in my twenties, the idea that you'd be thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/i-wasn-t-thinking-about-my-pension-plan-until-about-two-years-ago/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [If the moral good of fiction stems mainly from a habit of mind it inculcates in the reader, styles are neither good nor bad,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/if-the-moral-good-of-fiction-stems-mainly-from-a-habit-of-mind-it/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [“People think I'm selling feminism in my books, but what I'm really doing is writing advertising copy for expensive private colleges that most women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/people-think-i-m-selling-feminism-in-my-books-but-what-i-m-really/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [Everything that turned out well for me seems like a fluke. I feel like, at any moment, I could lose everything and be working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/everything-that-turned-out-well-for-me-seems-like-a-fluke-i-feel-like/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) > [My favorite dish is bibimbap, which is composed of various vegetables, steamed and pickled, and meat toppings over a bed of rice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gordon/my-favorite-dish-is-bibimbap-which-is-composed-of-various-vegetables/) [Mary Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gordon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sing-national/mary-gordon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Sing National Quotes By Mary Gordon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and radio in Canada. 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