Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

Joyce Carol Oates

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LifeGreatIndustrialIndustry

I think one of the main challenges that the World Bank faces is creating an organizational structure that doesn't get in the way of its staff. We have fantastic staff. People told me as I was coming into the organization that the greatest asset of the World Bank Group is its staff, and I think there's no question that that's the case.

Jim Yong Kim

PeopleChallengesOrganizationWorld

N.W.A had something in common with the Rolling Stones and MC5 and groups like that: the voice of rebellion. It's rebellion against your parents. It's rebellion against the system. It's rebellion against society.

Jerry Heller

ParentsSocietyVoiceRebellion

I found many treasures in the woods over the years: shotgun shells, empty Colt 45 bottles, old railroad spikes, orange and black beetles eating a dead mouse, pebbles that looked just like teeth, old stone walls and cellar holes, a rusted out frying pan, the skull of a cat.

Jennifer McMahon

WallsEatingWoodsBlackStoneDead

Most of the bad things that have happened to me happened in Denver.

John Grant

MeBadThingsDenverMostHappened

One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should follow an ethic of absolute ends or an ethic of responsibility.

Max Weber

ResponsibilityFollowCannotHeEnds

I am the American Dream.

John Schnatter

American DreamI AmAmericanDream

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.

Spike Lee

DreamsParentsObservationMoreBeen

You can get knocked down, and it hurts and it leaves scars. But if you're a leader, the people you've counted on will help you up. And if you're a leader, the people who count on you need you on your feet.

Stanley A. McChrystal

LeaderPeopleFeetHelpYouDown

It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.

Tony Dungy

BestJobI AmThinkDoingI Can

I enjoy, in the summer, getting back to writing in my own voice.

Mike O'Brien

WritingVoiceEnjoyBackSummerOwn

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

Lisa Unger

CharacterPeopleBelieveFeelYou

It only serves to show what sort of person a man must be who can't even get testimonials. No, no; if a man brings references, it proves nothing; but if he can't, it proves a great deal.

Joseph Pulitzer

GreatManPersonNothingGetDeal

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