Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

My theory is that literature is essential to society in the way that dreams are essential to our lives. We can't live without dreaming - as we can't live without sleep. We are 'conscious' beings for only a limited period of time, then we sink back into sleep - the 'unconscious.' It is nourishing, in ways we can't fully understand.

Joyce Carol Oates

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DreamsLiveTimeSleepSocietyBack

You don't need to exorcise your personal demons onstage.

Jimmy Kimmel

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I didn't really discover yakuza films until about five or six years ago.

John Foster

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We have an unprecedented number of primary care doctors who are opting out of Medicare.

John Fleming

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I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope.

Andrea Bocelli

HopeMedicineThinkGoWantNothing

Makeup transforms me. I feel like I'm in disguise when I walk my dog without makeup on.

Maye Musk

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I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.'

John Oates

SingingNeverSheFinishWithout

My background was in graphic design, but when I was doing it, it was all hand-drawn stuff, not computers.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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I could never fall in love just for money. I like my co-stars, and they are a bunch of good-looking men. But I've dated an actor. My dream man has to be a lot more than just good looking and rich!

Sonam Kapoor

LoveGoodMoneyMenManLooking

I met all my heroes on the oldies circuit: Gary U.S. Bonds, Lloyd Price, Little Richard.

Steven Van Zandt

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You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

Steve Vai

YouBackPlayKnowHoldShould

I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

Martin Short

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Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.

Missy Elliott

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