Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

When you are writing literary writing, you are communicating something subtextual with emotions and poetry. The prose has to have a voice; it's not just typing. It takes a while to get that voice.

Joyce Carol Oates

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I've had dates at the nicest restaurants, but when you leave, you're starving, and the best part of the date is having a slice of pizza and a couple of drinks on the way home. I think it's important to be able to roll with the punches and enjoy every minute of it.

Meghan Markle

HomeBestPizzaThinkEnjoyYou

I got a lot of publicity, but it steamrolled. Event organizers weren't used to that kind of behavior, so later, they tightened the rules.

John McEnroe

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Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.'

Stephen Covey

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Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been working hard to help middle-class families make it in America.

Steny Hoyer

AmericaHelpWorking HardHardBeen

Football is about tackling, about winning the ball.

Son Heung-min

FootballWinningBallAboutTackling

Being a writer is an endless study in human transition and lessons learned or forgotten or misapplied.

Sloane Crosley

TransitionHumanStudyForgotten

The rule is, you can protest all you want. Make all the noise you want. Carry all the signs you want. The minute you throw a rock, you get arrested. The minute you break a window, you get arrested. The minute you break into a store, you get arrested.

Rudy Giuliani

WindowYouWantRockSignsNoise

Growing up, when I'd throw out the trash, I'd toss it and dart because all the cats would come running. That's why I still don't like cats.

Michael Tubbs

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We need more enlightened women in senior ranks, and we have to insist that companies are more diverse.

Mindy Grossman

WomenMoreNeedSeniorEnlightened

A swarm finds the solution people best agree upon. It optimizes collective support, whereas a poll tells us how we disagree.

Louis B. Rosenberg

BestSupportPeopleSolutionAgree

I love narrative videos, but sometimes I think they can limit a listener's experience of a song.

Aubrie Sellers

LoveExperienceSongThinkSometimes

I always hated watching bands: the guy would break a string or be out of tune, and I have perfect pitch, so it would always tick me off when a guy is up there, and he'd break a string.

Rick Nielsen

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