Quote by John McGahern
When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something p

When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody. – John McGahern

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When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist. – John McGahern

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The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldnt cross the road to see them. Its people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones. – Nick Lowe

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It is easy to keep things at a distance; it is hard to be naturally beyond them. – Bunan

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Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them. – Arthur Erickson

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Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight. – Dale Murphy

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The AIDS epidemic has rolled back a big rotting log and revealed all the squirming life underneath it, since it involves, all at once, the main themes of our existence: sex, death, power, money, love, hate, disease and panic. No American phenomenon has been so compelling since the Vietnam War. – Edmund White

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