Joyce Maynard Quotes

Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on.

Joyce Maynard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1953

Topics

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I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can't stop lifting it, and I love that you know.

Angelina Jolie

LoveYouStopKnowAboveEyebrow

If there's a common denominator in all of the parts I've played, they are all strong women in tough situations.

Sonya Walger

WomenToughStrongStrong Women

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Simone Weil

LifeImaginationThreeMoreRealUp

I'm a minnow compared to Caring with all his restaurants and clubs, and good luck to him. I've met him a couple of times. I've got no personal rancour against Richard Caring at all.

Robin Birley

GoodCaringLuckGood LuckPersonal

When I was growing up, I felt like I had to qualify it and say I'm British-Pakistani. But now I kind of feel like, in this day in age, this is what British looks like. It looks like me; it looks like Idris Elba, and hopefully through Nasir Khan, people will see that that's what an American can look like as well.

Riz Ahmed

AgeDayPeopleMeGrowing UpLook

TV-makers usually don't know much about photography.

Martin Parr

PhotographyKnowMuchAbout

Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

Michael Patrick King

FunPeopleThinkComedyYouBeing

The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive.

Michael Shermer

AcceptancePrincipalPositionGeneral

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

Joichi Ito

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I love Goody's Spin Pins. They're super cheap and look like corkscrews. You just gather your hair and screw them into a bun.

Christa Miller

LoveHairYouLookCheapSpin

'You Should Be Here' set the tone that, 'Alright everybody, I want you to listen to this album.

Cole Swindell

YouWantListenToneHereAlright

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

Bob Dylan

YouNeedOrderOwnWhoYour

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