"Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There……" — Lorrie Moore
"Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like the dare of a cat."
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112 Quotes by Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore has 112 quotes on this site.
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Twenty-year-olds have a kind of emotional idealism about relationships and about the world that enables them to say, 'No, you…
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Later I would come to believe that erotic ties were all a spell, a temporary psychosis, even a kind of…
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All the way out I listen to the car AM radio, bad lyrics of trailer park love, gin and tonic…
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Basically, I realized I was living in that awful stage of life between twenty-six to and thirty-seven known as stupidity.…
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For love to last, you had to have illusions or have no illusions at all. But you had to stick…
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There seemed nothing so true as a yellow tree.
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Better to think of writing, of what one does, as an activity, rather than an identity to keep the calling…
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The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother…
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The detachment of the artist is kind of creepy. It's kind of rude, and yet really it's where art comes…
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Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery.
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If one loves stories, then one would naturally love the story of the story. Or the story behind the story,…
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To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.
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More Athletic Quotes
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one of 263 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Athletics is a luxury.
— Roger Bannister
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When I sing for myself, I sing in a more free, athletic way. When I face an audience, there is…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I see so many guys, really athletic guys, wearing pleats and I just shake my head. Like, Tiger Woods used…
— Tom Brady
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For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine…
— Avery Brundage
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Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.
— Trishelle Cannatella
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In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity.
— Mike Newlin
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I believe that coaches and athletes should realize that the athletic department field, court or diamond can be made an…
— Unknown Author
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My mom said giving birth was the most excruciating thing she's ever gone through in her life. So...if [a cesarean]…
— Britney Spears
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I was very athletic when I was younger and I am a very competitive person, so I never give up.
— Izabella Scorupco
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Empower the people around you, from the janitor to the athletic director. You do that by being sincere, caring about…
— Unknown Author
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Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that…
— Billie Jean King
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