Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people. At the bottom of every page, I'd put a strange scribble. I was emulating adult handwriting, though I didn't actually know how to write.

Joyce Carol Oates

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There are some terrorist organizations, there are some organized crime organizations, that launder money through charities and make donations to charities. That's not the purpose of charitable donations in Canada, so we're becoming increasingly strict on the subject.

Jim Flaherty

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People would have a health care insurance policy they can call their own. They could choose one that exactly fits their families' needs and their budgets, be able to take that coverage with them from job to job and be able to fire their insurance company if it doesn't treat them well.

Andrew P. Harris

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You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.

Michael Chang

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One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.

Stewart Udall

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We know we can't win the Cup every year. But we certainly can be in position to win the Cup every year, and if we've done that, I think we've earned our paycheck.

Rocky Wirtz

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I am aware that if I do become the president, I, too, could be processed for any political wrongdoing.

Michel Temer

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My brothers used to call me Bob. They'd laugh at me, and I didn't get it. I'm 13 years old at the time, and then one day my brother's friend says, 'You know what Bob stands for? 'Booty on back.' You're fat.' Like my butt was so big I could reach for my wallet over my shoulder. And I broke down.

Michael Strahan

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I have this old worn-out, skintight T-shirt that I love. That's sexy.

Liz Vassey

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Trump sees the world in terms of a zero-sum game. In reality, globalisation, if well managed, is a positive-sum force: America gains if its friends and allies - whether Australia, the E.U., or Mexico - are stronger. But Trump's approach threatens to turn it into a negative-sum game: America will lose, too.

Joseph Stiglitz

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I think there's a mystery to drawing - to the weight of the lines. The sweep of a line around a corner to create an effect that someone is moving.

Don Wright

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For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.

Jonah Lomu

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I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows.

Colin Hay

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