Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly should be, an art in itself.

Joyce Carol Oates

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I think the officials and NFL owners are playing to the type of game that people want to see.

Jim Otto

PeopleGameThinkWantSeePlaying

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

Jim Rohn

GreatServiceGreatnessJoyWealth

My mother knitted a lot, but I never did; it was no fun.

Sonia Rykiel

MotherFunNeverDidLotNo Fun

I love looking back at the older fights; they don't make them like they used to. Just watching Tommy Hearns, the technique in his punching, the brilliance and the combinations from the likes of Ray Leonard and 'Sugar' Ray Robinson.

Tony Bellew

LoveLooking BackLookingBackSugar

When I got tired of going to school, I was kind of overqualified for a lot of jobs. Kind of underqualified for a lot of others.

Robert Weinberg

SchoolTiredKindOthersGotGoing

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

Ronnie James Dio

LifeMusicTimePatriotismStupidity

I'm looking for best practices constantly. Apple has beautiful design, beautiful product, incredibly functional. But mostly it's about picking product, getting behind it, marketing it and introducing it to a customer. What they've done just inspires me.

Mickey Drexler

BeautifulBestMeLookingDesign

I don't write a novel every two years.

Jayne Anne Phillips

WriteTwoYearsNovelEvery

I honestly thought I was going to win a major championship quicker than what I did, but it clearly took a little bit longer than expected.

Jason Day

WinThoughtClearlyLittleGoing

Everyone must know by now that the aim of Scrabble is to gain the moral high ground, the loser being the first player to slam the board shut and upset all the letters over the floor.

Craig Brown

LoserMoralKnowLettersUpsetAim

My mother tells me that I was a very busy, curious child and that I quite often challenged my father when I was little, which she thought was rather good for him!

Claude Picasso

GoodFatherMotherCuriousChildMe

Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act.

Alice Meynell

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