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Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.

Joyce Carol Oates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 16, 1938

Topics

Good Surprise Review Always

When I'm gone, they'll say, 'I always thought he was straight, but he wasn't - he was crooked.'

Thought Say Always Gone Crooked He

A mother and a little boy were walking along, and I could tell the minute the recognition hit the little boy. As he walked by holding his mother's hand, he said in a real loud voice, 'Look, Mother. There goes an old Gomer Pyle.'

Mother Voice Walking Look Said Hand

I'm interested in taking hold of the dull truth narrative and finding inside it the transcendence and spirituality and hysteria normally associated with religion.

Truth Religion Finding Inside Hold

I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.

Religion Government Think I Think

Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should be... a goal of reporters today.

Today Truth Justice Goal System Our

The Wachowskis have a very complex way of thinking and of creating.

Thinking Creating Way Complex Very

In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.

Robert Sternberg

Good Teacher Words Learn Way May

When I was graduating from college, the things I valued most were family, faith, and philanthropy. I refer to them as the three f's, phonetically speaking.

Family Faith College Three Things

Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended.

Matthew Simpson

Nature God Human Nature Wrong Meet

Other people's successes are good news - for them and for you. Good for you because they show you a way to go.

Good People You Good News News Go

I'll never understand those greasy little deep-fried wings most bars serve.

Wings Understand Never Little Serve

I had a lot of trouble speaking as a kid. I didn't really speak in coherent sentences until I was, like, 6 years old. There was a long time where everybody was very worried, because my sisters were so advanced for their age, and I would barely talk.

Age Time Speak Long Trouble Talk

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