Joyce Maynard Quotes

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.

Joyce Maynard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeWorkPerfectionWorldIllusion

My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.'

Joe Namath

EgoWantKindActorAcceptedSays

There are problems with nursing - such as the issue of nurses all having to do degrees these days. But that doesn't mean to say the entire infrastructure of nursing is falling about and that it is populated by unfeeling psychopaths, which is, frankly, the implication sometimes.

Jo Brand

ProblemsSometimesSayMeanFalling

We're living in a time where I think most people are wanting someone to invite them respectfully to a policy position, not try to just slash and burn the other person.

Jeff Fortenberry

TimePeopleThinkSomeoneBurnTry

Everyone knows the game is about the players.

Mike Quade

GameEveryonePlayersKnowsAbout

I don't remember my dreams. I'm one of those weird people. I know there are tricks and things you can do, but I never remember my dreams.

Jayma Mays

DreamsPeopleWeirdRememberYou

When it is possible, I choose to have a quiet life.

Diego Della Valle

LifeChooseQuietPossible

It doesn't matter how big the set is or how florid the music is: if it doesn't touch people's hearts, then I don't want to be in it.

Douglas Hodge

MusicPeopleWantTouchMatterBig

I always felt like if I lived in true authentic self-expression and lived in service and in support of many other people, I would be exempt from having to deal with yet another crisis in my life. I was wrong.

Debbie Ford

LifeServiceSupportPeopleMy Life

There wasn't much around. After the shows, we would go to an Italian restaurant that a friend of ours owned and so I didn't get a chance to see much. Actually, that holds true of most places I've been.

Connie Francis

FriendChanceRestaurantGoTrue

The kinds of things that poetry can offer are timeless - mainly the kind of compression it offers of powerful language, powerful feelings and images, and, you know, the inner experience becoming outer.

Brenda Hillman

ExperiencePoetryLanguagePowerful

All I ever wanted to do was wear Jordans. I think there was only one or two pair I never had.

Allen Iverson

ThinkNeverTwoWearOnlyPair

Faith is not a product of reflection, nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being.

Pope Benedict XVI

FaithReflectionProductMy OwnOwn

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