Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

A lot of widows feel that they have betrayed their spouse by continuing to live. It's deranged thinking. I know that, but that doesn't stop you feeling it.

Joyce Carol Oates

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LiveThinkingFeelYouStopKnow

I always insist on my jeans being ironed. Is that a problem?

Jimmy Connors

ProblemAlwaysJeansBeingInsist

I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they were about examining psychology and examining people and relationships.

Jodie Foster

LifeChildPeopleWorldThinkAbout

Offense cuts you off from God. We separate ourselves from the pipeline. I've never seen anything block blessings from Heaven except offense.

John Bevere

GodBlessingsYouHeavenNeverSeen

Multi-camera's fun because you have the immediacy of the audience and just being able to tell the story more or less straight through. The thing I like about single-camera is that you have the luxury of shooting a lot of different options.

Megan Mullally

FunStoryLuxuryYouMoreShooting

I was never a fanatical movie person.

John Malkovich

PersonNeverMovieFanatical

The truth is always less interesting than the fiction.

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

TruthTruth IsInterestingAlways

Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking.

Stephen Covey

ThinkingSocialHabitsRootedSome

People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all the way.

Stewart Copeland

PolicePeopleAmericanWayBand

When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.

Robert Wyatt

SingingLostDrummerLegsSinger

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.

Michael K. Williams

HeartYouCareerKnowActorStarted

I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

PartyCountryFirstPointWhereOur

It is through technological innovation and the pursuit of sustainable social, economic, and ecological development that we can chart the country's path to progress and power a greener tomorrow.

Tulsi Tanti

InnovationPowerPathProgress

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