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Keep Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
- She examined me, she looked at me critically and said, "Why are you trying to starve yourself?" To keep myself from feeling love, from feeling…
- I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write a…
- Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't…
- When writing goes painfully, when it’s hideously difficult, and one feels real despair (ah, the despair, silly as it is, is real!)–then naturally one ought…
- Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it.
- Keep a light, hopeful heart. But expect the worst.
More Keep Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn! — Victoria Abril
- Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. — Mary Kay Ash
- I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my… — Arthur Ashe
- I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile… — Arthur Ashe
- Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and… — David Attenborough
- Just keep stirring the pot, you never know what will come up. — Lee Atwater
- The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. — Marcus Aurelius