Joyce Carol Oates Quotes
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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It's super dope when you connect with something personally.
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I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
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The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans!
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The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.
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When you don't get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.
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I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.
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We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.
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Towards the end of the eighteenth century the industrial-financial revolution began.
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I'm the sort of person who takes a camera to dinner or a nightclub because I enjoy taking pictures of people. I tweet all my pictures, which is bad.
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Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treated with respect. Every person is also a citizen of some country. In their country, they have rights and responsibilities; in every other country, they are a guest.
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To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Leaving Nickelodeon was definitely an adjustment. Because then, it was back to the real world of, 'Now I'm an adult looking for a job,' as opposed to a kid that's getting introduced to all these people like, 'Look how cute this little kid is. Don't you want to put him on your show?'
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You're too young to let the world break you.
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How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.
