Joyce Carol Oates Quotes
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
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I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
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What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people reading it. You know, there are some people who, bizarrely, like it. Which I'm, you know, I'm happy for.
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On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on my collection of poems 'Native Guard.' I was there over a summer doing research in the archives and then writing in the reading room at the Jefferson building.
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Don't ever take a dramatic lesson. They will try to put your voice in a dinner jacket, and people like their hominy and grits in everyday clothes.
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Embrace the color of your skin and your own beauty.
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You listeners, the ones who found me first are, I believe, the future of great art thinkers. Because anyone that's found me now I really think is grabbing on to the ideas that I have, more than anything. It's about the music but it's also about the story. So thank you guys for loving and reading the story and being as into it and as passionate as I am.
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Don't gain the world and lose your soul Wisdom is better than silver and gold.
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That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and most important by hanging out with one another - by collaborating with one another and creating your own network - you can achieve something that is much better than what is out there.
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Poker is a game where you don't have to have the best hand to win. Poker is really reading other people and reading human emotion, which certainly comes into play in business.
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People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages.
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I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.
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I've not met a soul who wants to see The Wanted over One Direction. The thirst for those boys is insane.
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I homeschool, so the start of the day is reading Bible scripture, memorization, and prayer.
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'Soul Plane' put me in a position to succeed. I'm glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.
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I love the fact that 'Flowers for Algernon' is doing its part to get people reading.
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Whoever hath a seed time of grace pass over his soul, shall have his harvest time also of joy.
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Eleanor Oliphant isn't me or anyone I know. Of course I've felt loneliness - everybody does - but Eleanor and her experiences are fictional.
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If I wanted to be a doctor today I'd go to math school not med school.
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I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly don't have any routine. Usually the only time I practice is when the band gets together. Hendrix has always been one of my favorite players, but I was a sucker for Nugent in the late 1970's.
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Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
