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Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.

Joyce Carol Oates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life People Saying Reality Violence

What I saw in the record industry is it's just getting more restricted, more restricted, more restricted to where everyone's trying to figure out what kind of song to make to get on the radio: that's researched and where advertisers are telling you what to play.

Song Trying You Play Kind Radio

Those with less of a sense of service to the nation never understand it when men and women of character step forward to look danger and adversity straight in the eye, refusing to blink, or give ground, even to their own deaths. The protected can't begin to understand the price paid so they and their families can sleep safe and free at night.

Women Adversity Character Service

When I go and speak now at all sorts of conferences, later in the night there's always a better Maxie Walker than me. Billy Birmingham's legendary for basically being able to verbally kneecap any of a number of Australia's characters, particularly in the commentary box.

Me Night Speak Better Go Australia

We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all.

John Hope Franklin

Life Learning Truth World Better

When I approach a band, I want to respect them and be respectful of their music. I'm not gonna say, 'Look, you guys are real hot, so we'll stick you in the movie, and we'll get it in all these stores and all these stations.' That isn't right.

Music Respect You Look Say Want

Judge of a jest when you have done laughing.

Judge You Done Laughing Jest

Camp life is demanding, and even the simplest daily routine becomes a chore in a climate with 90 per cent humidity, not to mention the bugs.

Stefanie Powers

Life Daily Routine Bugs Even Chore

I would love to work with Morgan Freeman. I love him.

Stephanie Sigman

Work Love Him Would Morgan I Love

If you listen to a language for 15 minutes, you know the rhythm and song.

Song Language You Know Rhythm

You can wake up every day and make today better than the last.

Today Day Wake Up Better You Up

Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden.

Morning Age Childhood Memory Song

The answer has to be sought in the material conditions of the production and utilization of cattle in India compared with the production and utilization of cattle in other parts of the world.

World India Production Cattle Answer

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