Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them.

Joyce Carol Oates

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Will Smith. He's been my career idol for years and years. I used to sit back and watch and study 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' over and over. It's the only TV show that I've watched all the way through maybe five times.

Jessie Usher

BackCareerWillWayStudyOver

I've always been able to survive by writing, though.

John Milius

WritingSurviveAlwaysBeenAble

In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors - all key elements needed to end the sectarian and civil conflict and build Iraq's future.

John Olver

FutureFocusPoliceTrainingKey

Just think for a moment if science really could move in the field of authenticity of works of art. There would be a cultural revolution to say the least, but also, I would say, a market revolution, let me add.

Maurizio Seracini

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I've always been slightly embittered about computers because it was the only subject I failed at school.

Matt Frewer

SchoolComputersAlwaysBecauseBeen

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

Simone de Beauvoir

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I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

Robert Browning

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I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.

Michael Phelps

HolidaysChurchGoMoreAlwaysUsed

I want people to know me for my singing. I've never been searching for a label of being a fashion plate or a top model. That's a thing that's very short-lived, and it's dealing with a superficial level of this which doesn't really appeal to me.

Joyce DiDonato

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For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.

Donnie Wahlberg

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There are few plants that are ugly. It's how you use them that may not be pretty.

Christian Louboutin

UglyPlantsYouPrettyMayHow

Every time I hear someone making ignorant comments about the supposed 'evils' of homosexuality, I think about the true evil of the high suicide rates among gay and lesbian teens.

Susan Estrich

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