Joyce Carol Oates Quotes
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
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I guess I was always a ham, and I was anxious to try doing different things. I started doing impressions to make friends at school. I would do them during recess. Maybe some of the kids thought I was being weird, but everyone seemed to have a good time.
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What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.
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I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.
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Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.
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That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.
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What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Not an unconscious state Or mental chloroform without wilful return,Samadhi but extends my realm of consciousnessBeyond the limits of my mortal frameTo the boundaries of eternity,Where I, the Cosmic Sea,Watch the little ego floating in Me.
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Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.
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Restaurants are like kids. You hope you understand their innate gifts, and then you let them realize their aspirations.
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When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'
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It's irresponsible to put uncorroborated information on the Internet.
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The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists today.
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I can really serve the audience instead of making this about me and about serving myself and my pocketbook.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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We may not preach a crucified Savior without being also crucified men and women. It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration. The cross that Paul speaks about was burned into his very flesh, was branded into his being, and only the Holy Spirit can burn the true cross into our innermost life.
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I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans.
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The way Germans work is that they are slow to warm up but when they do they are your friend for life and very loyal.
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Mourir pour le pays est un si digne sort,Qu’on briguerait en foule une si belle mort.
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A writer’s life is in his work, and that is the place to find him.
