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Rosemary Mahoney Quotes

I’m very curious about the world, foreign cultures Picture Quote #1

I am not afraid to die. I simply do not want to Picture Quote #1

Americans generally associate boats with leisure. Vastly less prosperous, Egyptians associate them with nothing but labour. Rowing a boat is something a fisherman is forced to do to make a living; how could such an activity bring me - a woman no less - pleasure? Picture Quote #1

To me, the remarkable thing is it’s pretty much unanimous the way blind people have been perceived in all cultures and for millennia. The first is, if they can’t see, they must be stupid. The second one is, and this is a very old one, that blindness is such a terrible thing that it must be a curse from God for some evil that you committed Picture Quote #1

Not one day of my mother’s adult life passed without some critical demand on her maternal role, without some urgent response from her Picture Quote #1

The night sky in Egypt is a swirling mass of stars so bright and numerous the sky seems to tremble with the ice-blue weight of them Picture Quote #1

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One of the many misconceptions about the blind is that they have greater hearing, sense of smell and sense of touch than sighted people. This is not strictly true. Their blindness simply forces them to recognize gifts they always had but had heretofore largely ignored Picture Quote #1

One of the most persistent misconceptions about blindness is that it is a curse from God for misdeeds perpetrated in a past life, which cloaks the blind person in spiritual darkness and makes him not just dangerous, but evil Picture Quote #1

My mother had faith in me, had more faith in me than I had in myself, and knowing that she did made me try to find faith. She believed in trying things Picture Quote #1

The first thing the Chinese ask you when they meet you is: ‘How much money do you make?’ It’s a legitimate question to ask in China Picture Quote #1

When sighted people cover their eyes or find themselves in a dark place, this is something that’s very terrifying for us. And so in general, we assume that this is what blindness means. But of course, it isn’t. For people who were born blind or who go blind at a very young age, that’s not at all what blindness means Picture Quote #1

We always think, ‘Well, for a person who’s blind, it must be an amazing, joyful miracle if by some chance their sight is restored to them.’ Now, this may be true for blind people who lost their vision at a later age. It’s rarely true for people who were born blind or who go blind at a very young age Picture Quote #1

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I think the most useful thing you can do as a writer is to reconstruct real life with all its color, hardship, joy, and intrigue. If you’re interested in people, you honor them best, I think, by making the fullest possible picture of them. Your subjects may - and from my experience probably will - protest your portrait of them Picture Quote #1

A lot of Polish and Russian Jews had this experience: they would emigrate, thinking they were on their way to New York. Then their captains would stop in Dublin and say, ‘Everybody off.’ They would leave, and by the time they discovered they weren’t in America, they didn’t have enough money to continue Picture Quote #1

When I was a senior in high school, I went to Ireland to study Irish Gaelic. And after one semester at Trinity College, I went way out to the west coast of Ireland and rented a little house by myself Picture Quote #1

Most of us who have healthy eyesight are extremely attached to our vision, often without being conscious that we are. We depend heavily on our eyes, and yet we rarely give them a second thought. I, at least, am this way. The physical world is almost hyper-vivid to me Picture Quote #1

I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I’m on my way to my desk, my hands actually tremble with fear. The fear, of course, is that I’ll sit down at the desk and discover that what I’ve written is claptrap. Fear inevitably leads to procrastination Picture Quote #1

As a teen-ager I was constantly trying to please people, which I guess is true of all adolescents Picture Quote #1

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I wanted Lillian Hellman to be perfect because I wasn’t perfect myself. I really wanted a mentor Picture Quote #1

Aversion toward the blind exists for the same reason that most prejudices exist: lack of knowledge. Ignorance is a powerful generator of fear. And fear slides easily into aggression and contempt Picture Quote #1

I was a good student, sort of funny and athletic. I had friends Picture Quote #1

Writing is not a genteel profession. It’s quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty Picture Quote #1

Sight is a slick and overbearing autocrat, trumpeting its prodigal knowledge and perceptions so forcefully that it drowns out the other, subtler senses Picture Quote #1

I think most memoirs, though they purport to be about this particular time or this person you met, are really about the effect that person or time had on you Picture Quote #1

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I’m very curious about the world, foreign cultures (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) I am not afraid to die. I simply do not want to (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) Americans generally associate boats with leisure. Vastly less prosperous, Egyptians associate them with nothing but labour. Rowing a boat is something a fisherman is forced to do to make a living; how could such an activity bring me - a woman no less - pleasure? (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) To me, the remarkable thing is it’s pretty much unanimous the way blind people have been perceived in all cultures and for millennia. The first is, if they can’t see, they must be stupid. The second one is, and this is a very old one, that blindness is such a terrible thing that it must be a curse from God for some evil that you committed. (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) Not one day of my mother’s adult life passed without some critical demand on her maternal role, without some urgent response from her. (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) The night sky in Egypt is a swirling mass of stars so bright and numerous the sky seems to tremble with the ice-blue weight of them. (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) One of the many misconceptions about the blind is that they have greater hearing, sense of smell and sense of touch than sighted people. This is not strictly true. Their blindness simply forces them to recognize gifts they always had but had heretofore largely ignored. (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) One of the most persistent misconceptions about blindness is that it is a curse from God for misdeeds perpetrated in a past life, which cloaks the blind person in spiritual darkness and makes him not just dangerous, but evil. (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) My mother had faith in me, had more faith in me than I had in myself, and knowing that she did made me try to find faith. She believed in trying things. (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) The first thing the Chinese ask you when they meet you is: ‘How much money do you make?’ It’s a legitimate question to ask in China. (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) When sighted people cover their eyes or find themselves in a dark place, this is something that’s very terrifying for us. And so in general, we assume that this is what blindness means. But of course, it isn’t. For people who were born blind or who go blind at a very young age, that’s not at all what blindness means (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) We always think, ‘Well, for a person who’s blind, it must be an amazing, joyful miracle if by some chance their sight is restored to them.’ Now, this may be true for blind people who lost their vision at a later age. It’s rarely true for people who were born blind or who go blind at a very young age (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) I think the most useful thing you can do as a writer is to reconstruct real life with all its color, hardship, joy, and intrigue. If you’re interested in people, you honor them best, I think, by making the fullest possible picture of them. Your subjects may - and from my experience probably will - protest your portrait of them (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) A lot of Polish and Russian Jews had this experience: they would emigrate, thinking they were on their way to New York. Then their captains would stop in Dublin and say, ‘Everybody off.’ They would leave, and by the time they discovered they weren’t in America, they didn’t have enough money to continue (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) When I was a senior in high school, I went to Ireland to study Irish Gaelic. And after one semester at Trinity College, I went way out to the west coast of Ireland and rented a little house by myself (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) Most of us who have healthy eyesight are extremely attached to our vision, often without being conscious that we are. We depend heavily on our eyes, and yet we rarely give them a second thought. I, at least, am this way. The physical world is almost hyper-vivid to me (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I’m on my way to my desk, my hands actually tremble with fear. The fear, of course, is that I’ll sit down at the desk and discover that what I’ve written is claptrap. Fear inevitably leads to procrastination (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) As a teen-ager I was constantly trying to please people, which I guess is true of all adolescents (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) I wanted Lillian Hellman to be perfect because I wasn’t perfect myself. I really wanted a mentor (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) Aversion toward the blind exists for the same reason that most prejudices exist: lack of knowledge. Ignorance is a powerful generator of fear. And fear slides easily into aggression and contempt (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) I was a good student, sort of funny and athletic. I had friends (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) Writing is not a genteel profession. It’s quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) Sight is a slick and overbearing autocrat, trumpeting its prodigal knowledge and perceptions so forcefully that it drowns out the other, subtler senses (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes) I think most memoirs, though they purport to be about this particular time or this person you met, are really about the effect that person or time had on you (Rosemary Mahoney Quotes)