Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true.

Joyce Carol Oates

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My - both my sisters died with pancreatic cancer. My brother died with pancreatic cancer. My daddy died of pancreatic cancer. My mother died with breast cancer.

Jimmy Carter

MotherBrotherCancerDaddySisters

I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

Jesus Christ

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People fall in love for mysterious reasons.

Jeff Bridges

LovePeopleFallMysteriousReasons

Coaches were all saying that I was really talented and I had potential, but coming from Serbia, it wasn't easy. The '90s were the hardest years for our country - we went through two wars.

Ana Ivanovic

SayingPotentialEasyCountryTwo

I want my children to see what all my work leads to.

Amanda Foreman

WorkChildrenWantSeeLeads

My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese.

Tom Shadyac

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To say Donald Trump would be a disaster for our country, our democracy, and our future would be doing a grave disservice to the word 'disaster.'

Tom Steyer

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When I eat oatmeal, I'm hungry by 10 A.M., but pho is a great way to start the day.

Tom Douglas

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The thing about New York is, more than any other place I've ever been, you run into people on the street that you would never imagine you'd see, old friends, people just like there for a day or two. I find that all the time when I'm walking around Manhattan, running into people that I had no idea were even there.

Michael Shannon

TimeDayOld FriendsNew YorkPeople

Ah, it's too hard to pick a favorite president. It really is. It's like picking your favorite from a box of chocolates - I love all of them.

Mitt Romney

LovePresidentHardBoxLikeYour

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.

Judd Apatow

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I have more in common with a three-toed sloth or a one-eyed pterodactyl or a Kalamata olive than I have with Winston Churchill.

Boris Johnson

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