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Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary speech is usually corrected when it's transcribed into written prose.

Joyce Carol Oates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 16, 1938

Topics

Curious Better Speech Roaming Been

Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.

Joe Sakic

Wife Me Hockey Everything Where Met

Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female.

Jo Brand

Funny Women Great I Am Think Say

To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Hope Corruption Need Finish No Hope

We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.

Matt Haig

Health View Talking Mental Health

I try to do something physical every day. I don't go heavy every day, though.

Russell Wilson

Day Every Day Go Try Heavy Physical

One thing that's always helped quell my writerly anxieties is seeking out interviews with writers I admire.

Molly Antopol

Admire Always Out One Thing Seeking

I don't want any of my records to sound like one style throughout. That's why I choose different grooves and songs: tunes that are sensitive and slow as well as pieces that are abstract and fast. The approach I want to take with my records is to give the listener a variety of grooves, concepts, and composers.

Jason Moran

Style Slow Choose Fast Want Why

The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members.

DeForest Soaries

Freedom Commitment Government I Am

My days are whatever I want them to be.

Anthony Kiedis

Want Whatever Days Them

My godfather was a man named Justin Dart. Some of you may remember Justin Dart. My younger son's name is Justin, named after Justin Dart. I was executor of his estate, and he was my godfather. I first really got time to spend with Ronald Reagan with Justin Dart personally, one-on-one.

Arthur Laffer

Son Time Man Name Remember You

In the local state school I attended in England, I saw and heard far more awareness of where a person stood in the social hierarchy than I had ever heard stateside.

Alissa Quart

School Person More Awareness Saw

We seek no wider war.

William P. Bundy

War Seek Wider