Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most haunting of her life, though it is one-sided and ends in tragedy.

Joyce Carol Oates

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LifeFriendshipGirlStoryBlack

Even though it has been very painful, lots of opportunities have come forward journalistically. Once all of this blows over, I think it might actually help that I have gotten this attention.

Jeff Gannon

ForwardOpportunitiesThinkHelp

Independent films have a certain freedom about them - there isn't so much at stake in terms of money. I think they're more interesting because they're not watered down to appeal to the masses. They tend to have a unique voice.

Toni Collette

FreedomMoneyVoiceThinkUnique

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night, there was something about the uncertainty when I was younger which was very attractive.

Ron Silver

WorkDayNightUncertaintyThinkGo

Real prosperity comes from everybody in the country working together in a growth mode. Real prosperity comes as a result of people's own initiative and efforts and so forth. Prosperity, if it comes from the government, is not prosperity. It's an existence or a subsistence or whatever, but it isn't prosperity.

Rush Limbaugh

GrowthWorking TogetherTogether

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God's Word that showed me I wasn't living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

Joyce Meyer

LifeGodTruthEyesTimeChildhood

My opponent Senator Menendez and his colleagues are pursuing what I consider a Jon Corzine economic policy. Higher taxes, more spending, more debt.

Joseph M. Kyrillos

ColleaguesDebtMoreOpponentTaxes

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

Arlen Specter

TodayFreedomReligionImportant

My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm.

Annie Leibovitz

EnvironmentalYouChoiceLensMore

I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

Willie Nelson

MusicDoingBadCountryNeverUp

I made the varsity team as a freshman at 15. Then, I tore a tendon and never fully recovered. I was a shortstop, then third baseman, then second baseman.

Peter Scolari

TeamNeverSecondMadeFreshman

There's no other game like the Super Bowl.

Shannon Sharpe

GameSuper BowlLikeBowlOther

I would like to say now I was very enjoy the life right now.

Li Na

LifeEnjoyNowSayRightWould

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