Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

My parents were very proud of me. After they passed, my career doesn't mean as much to me.

Joyce Carol Oates

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ParentsMeProudCareerMeanMuch

So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap.

Joan Van Ark

GoodThreeNamesSoapHad

Unlike national legal systems, there are precious few avenues to address judicial activism at the WTO. You pretty much have to gain consensus to change the agreements, or simply withdraw from the system. The first is nearly impossible, and the second would be - in the view of many - cataclysmic.

Robert Lighthizer

ChangeImpossibleLegalViewYou

Whether there is another life or not, if there is any being who gave me this, I shall thank him from the bottom of my heart, because, upon the whole, my life has been a joy.

Robert Green Ingersoll

LifeHeartJoyMeMy LifeHim

People are tough. We're evolved for less food; more exercise; less sleep; less security; more paranoia. The irony is that we're so good at what we do. We strive for more food; less exercise; more sleep; more security; less paranoia - and we've succeeded.

Jeff Carlson

GoodFoodSleepPeopleToughStrive

The way the Beloved can fit in my heart, two thousand lives could fit in this body of mine. One kernel could contain a thousand bushels, and a hundred worlds pass through the eye of the needle.

Rumi

HeartEyeBodyWayTwoThrough

It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.

Mink Stole

FriendBestPeopleYouSaidMeet

Clearly, there are things a runner does, intentionally or not, that disrupt team cohesion. And there are also things a runner doesn't do that can cause problems: not trying, showing up late, skipping team-building activities, and ignoring the coach's instructions.

Don Kardong

TeamProblemsShowing UpTryingLate

This autocue was obviously written for someone else and I've been brought in at the last minute.

Johnny Vegas

SomeoneMinuteLastBeenElse

If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.

Donald E. Westlake

SocietyThinkYouSayIndependent

What I worry about the most is the competition for young eyeballs. We have so many other competing forms of media. I don't take any audience members for granted.

Chris Meledandri

CompetitionWorryMediaYoungTake

What is to give light must endure burning.

Anton Wildgans

StrengthLightEndureGiveMust

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

Philip Roth

LifeLiveWorldYouDiscretion

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