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Who Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
- As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really…
- Anyone who teaches knows that you don't really experience a text until you've taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class.
- Most people who are writers go through periods when they can't write.
- Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention…
- Among many of my friends and acquaintances, I seem to be one of the very few individuals who felt or feels no ambivalence about my…
- For some reason, voters can be brainwashed, and they vote sometimes against their own best interests, let alone voting against the interests of people who…
- Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still…
- I don't know what marriages are like in general, but there are many things which I don't talk about with my husband. We discuss practical…
- I think whenever we think of our hometowns, we tend to think of very specific people: with whom you rode on the school bus, who…
- I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is about Norma Jean Baker, who becomes Marilyn Monroe, which I called a fictitious biography. That uses the…
- I've always been interested in writing about people, including young children who are not able to speak for themselves. As in my novel 'Black Water,'…
- My students often say, 'My roommate read this story and really liked it,' and it's hard to convince them that there are things wrong with…
- My writing is often a way of 'bearing witness' for others who lack the education and the opportunity to tell their own stories, so I…
- People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often don't elect politicians, so the politicians who are supporting them…
- 'We Were the Mulvaneys' is perhaps the novel closest to my heart. I think of it as a valentine to a passing way of American…
- Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who…
More Who Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle