Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.

Joyce Carol Oates

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WorkTimePastDoingEraseBecause

The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

Jerry Brown

PlanningNobodyReasonAnything

'Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the characters don't seem totally photo-real, as amazing as they are.

Matt Reeves

GreatAmazingFantasySeemRealism

I don't think that globalisation is anywhere near the threat that robots are.

Angus Deaton

ThinkRobotsThreatGlobalisation

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Ambrose Bierce

EnoughPersonKnowBorrowWellWhom

I am not comparing myself to great artists, but when you see conceptual artists at work, on some level it's reassuring to know they can paint figuratively. Likewise, when you listen to the '50s jazz people who do these vast solos, you buy into it more if they open by playing a tune.

Stewart Lee

WorkGreatMyselfI AmPeopleYou

I'm a big comic book person. I love Captain America. I like John Henry. I'm hoping to play one of the superhero characters that's coming from Marvel.

Tom Lister, Jr.

LoveBookAmericaPersonPlayBig

I am very suspicious of people.

Mika

I AmPeopleSuspiciousVeryAm

Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of.

Josh Lucas

WorkTimeDayTravelEvery DayDown

I think that's part of acting - to still get nervous and control that fear. I don't know how to get rid of that.

Jordi Molla

FearControlThinkActingKnowGet

Be remembered for the right things.

Draymond Green

RightThingsRememberedRight Things

What all my favorite comedians have in common is extraordinary honesty.

Chris Gethard

HonestyExtraordinaryComedians

I wanted to live where I could pop to the bar that Humphrey Bogart took Lauren Bacall to, or the little restaurant where Charlie Chaplin had a booth.

Ashley Jensen

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