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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
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One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…
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God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to…
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When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e.,…
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Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want…
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Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz…
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Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love'…
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You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about…
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Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try…
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No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
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Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an…
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No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.
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Christians will want to be in the vanguard in favoring ways of life that decisively break with the exhausting and joyless frenzy…
— Pope John Paul II
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The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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To me, the most important part of winning is joy. You can win without joy, but winning that’s joyless is like eating…
— Bill Russell
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Atheists anger doesn't prove that we're selfish, or joyless, or miserable. It shows that we have compassion, and a sense of justice.…
— Greta Christina
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Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.
— Amy Lowell
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Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgasmic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless…
— Betty Friedan
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One must keep a few smiles aside to laugh at oneself on joyless days.
— Unknown Author
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I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they're either allergic to avocado or too joyless to live.
— Frank Bruni
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All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in…
— George Orwell
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There may be times in a girl's life when it's better to be boyless, but there's no need to be joyless. Or…
— Cindy Chupack
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God isn't calling us to a lonely, joyless existence with the promise of a delayed reward. God is calling us to live,…
— John Powell
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Many Christians are either woefully deficient in their knowledge of Scripture or noticeably devoid of any experience of God's power. The Lord…
— Sam Storms
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