Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

I am not conscious of working especially hard, or of 'working' at all. Writing and teaching have always been, for me, so richly rewarding that I don't think of them as work in the usual sense of the word.

Joyce Carol Oates

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When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment.

Joaquin Phoenix

CommitmentDecideStickSomething

Icelanders love to speak English. Their English is a joy to hear because of how colloquial and idiomatic it is, but they appreciate your efforts with Icelandic.

John Grant

LoveJoySpeakAppreciateEnglish

If I can do a scene in one shot, it's in one shot. Most of my shots are pretty long. I think with 'Looking,' what we have in the first minute is a whole episode of a traditional TV show. I like to let things breathe; I like to let things have a certain tone.

Andrew Haigh

LookingThinkLongI CanFirstTone

I was engrossed with the book, I was having difficulties with it, and I just didn't notice the years were going by.

Jeffrey Eugenides

BookDifficultiesYearsGoingJust

If you begin to give people hope that there is a brighter future, there is a new tomorrow, then the people who were yesterday's terrorists become tomorrow's elected officials and they're part of the system.

John Shelby Spong

FutureHopeTomorrowPeopleYouNew

We need to pray for our brethren around the world.

Monica Johnson

WorldNeedPrayOurAroundPray For

The organization is a way for people to find us and deal with us and know how we operate.

Mitchell Baker

PeopleOrganizationFindKnowWay

A lot of people deal with things that are bad. Once you've been through something, you grow from it and you take a lot in. You can always turn it into something positive.

Chino Moreno

PositivePeopleGrowYouBadTurn

A little bit about my family: We didn't really come from much, and we didn't take family trips to California, so my first trip to California was actually my first day of school.

Bresha Webb

FamilyDaySchoolCaliforniaFirst

When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco.

Arturo Toscanini

TimeDayWomanMeBelieveYoung

My mom was a problem solver.

Anne Wojcicki

MomProblemSolver

You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of a vast number of thinkers, theologians and pastors, has resisted and still exists after two thousand years.

Pope Francis

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