A Quote by John Gregory Dunne

The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord.

John Gregory Dunne

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John Gregory Dunne
American - Writer
May 25, 1932 - December 30, 2003

In fighting nature, man can win every battle except the last. If he should win that too, he will perish, like an embryo cutting its own umbilical cord.

Thor Heyerdahl

We need a theory that goes before the Big Bang, and that's String Theory. String Theory says that perhaps two universes collided to create our universe, or maybe our universe is butted from another universe leaving an umbilical cord. Well, that umbilical cord is called a wormhole.

Michio Kaku

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices.

Irwin Shaw

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices

Irwin Shaw

There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire.

Moss Hart

Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?

James Lee Burke

Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries.

Nathan Deal

The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its own life. There’s no greater satisfaction.

Moshe Safdie

I'd learned how to lie and manipulate from an early age so a combination of that, desperation, having to have my own fridge and my umbilical cord back... I had to go out into the world. Then some angel somewhere said: "Have you considered going to drama school?" And this sounded like the solution to all of my problems.

Tom Hardy

My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.

Kirk Hammett

I was born dead. Yeah, the umbilical cord was like, floppy baby, the whole thing. Yeah, it was bad.

Charlie Sheen

My father cut the umbilical cord for my son, because I wasn't actually there.

Jermell Charlo

We are financially strong. We are self-sustaining. We don't have an umbilical cord that we are concerned about.

Ed Woodward

Spiritual is hooked up to the invisible umbilical cord of my Lord, Kumbiya.

Ludacris

As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.

K. D. Lang

Even the two times that I left, I never really felt like I left the band. It's very bizarre. It's like there's sort of an umbilical cord that stretches between us spiritually.

Rick Wakeman

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