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Children are knives, my mother once said. They don’t mean to, but they cut. And yet we cling to th...
JOANNE HARRIS Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device si...
JOANNE HARRIS I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are...
JOANNE HARRIS Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.
JOANNE HARRIS I find littering very annoying. It's a minor but also a major thing: a society that litters is o...
JOANNE HARRIS My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to ...
JOANNE HARRIS In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the...
JOANNE HARRIS I'm quite an untidy person in a lot of ways. But order makes me happy. I have to have a clear de...
JOANNE HARRIS Wild birds will kill exotic ones: the budgies and the lovebirds and the yellow canaries-- escaped fr...
JOANNE HARRIS I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future...
JOANNE HARRIS People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of a...
JOANNE HARRIS Not that a promise means much to a demon - or a god.
JOANNE HARRIS There's good news and slightly less good news.
JOANNE HARRIS Most problems can be solved through cake.
JOANNE HARRIS Sticks and stones may break my bones’, as they say in the Middle Worlds, but with the right words ...
JOANNE HARRIS An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
No one's immune to bribery.
JOANNE HARRIS And Odin should have known from the first that perfect Order does not bend; it simply stands until i...
JOANNE HARRIS The dead know everything, but don't give a damn.
JOANNE HARRIS Better a king in the gutter,' he said, 'than a slave in an emperor's place
JOANNE HARRIS Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren'...
JOANNE HARRIS They tell you revenge isn't worth it. I say there's nothing finer.
JOANNE HARRIS Work. Like pain, I sensed that this was an experience I would want to avoid as often as possible.
JOANNE HARRIS Loki, that's me. Loki, the Light-Bringer, the misunderstood, the elusive, the handsome and modest he...
JOANNE HARRIS A demon, if you prefer the term; although to be honest, the difference between god and a demon is re...
JOANNE HARRIS Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.
JOANNE HARRIS After all, words are what remain when all the deeds have been done. Words can shatter faith; start a...
JOANNE HARRIS A named thing is a tamed thing.
JOANNE HARRIS Our lives are like these things I make. Turn 'em, build 'em, bake 'em in fire. That's what you've be...
JOANNE HARRIS You seem to know a lot about it," she said. "And you do subtleties."
"Yeah. Like I've always wa...
JOANNE HARRIS Nat Parson says it's the devil's mark."
"Nat Parson's a gobshite."
Maddy was torn between ...
JOANNE HARRIS Was it my fault that I got out of hand?
--Loki
JOANNE HARRIS I know you,” said Maddy. “You’re -“
“What’s a name?” Loki grinned. “Wear it lik...
JOANNE HARRIS But I rather thought--I mean, I heard you'd killed Balder the Fair."
"I never did," snapped Lok...
JOANNE HARRIS Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't eve...
JOANNE HARRIS A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or...
JOANNE HARRIS I speak as I must and cannot be silent.
JOANNE HARRIS A thing named is a thing tamed.
JOANNE HARRIS The dead know everything but they don't give a damn.
JOANNE HARRIS Your wolf is eating that man. I thought you should know.
JOANNE HARRIS For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.
JOANNE HARRIS A black cat crossed my path, and I stopped to dance around it widdershins and to sing the rhyme,
JOANNE HARRIS I could do with a bit more excess. From now on I'm going to be immoderate--and volatile--I shall enj...
JOANNE HARRIS The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.
JOANNE HARRIS We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was Fren...
JOANNE HARRIS Clones fit in. Freaks stand out. Ask me which one I prefer.
JOANNE HARRIS I'd rather be a freak than a clone.
JOANNE HARRIS A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.
JOANNE HARRIS I was a very bad accountant; I didn't care about money, golf or discovering fraud. After about a...
JOANNE HARRIS And when you fall from that parapet,the sound you'll be hearing as you go down will be me,laughing m...
JOANNE HARRIS If wishes were horses, beggers would ride
JOANNE HARRIS

People would beat me up after school; they would throw names at me. Children are brutal... Being dif...
JOANNE LIU

I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A ...
JOANNE CARNER Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or how long it will last
JOANNE WOODWARD

You need a balance in life. You just cannot be all the time on an adrenalin peak. You need to rechar...
JOANNE LIU

I'm completely allergic to being politically correct.
JOANNE LIU

Sometimes in your career, you are at the right place at the right moment. But you have to be aware t...
JOANNE LIU

Fashion does seem to have a '20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. It's ...
JOANNE FROGGATT

I have to admit, I go through phases of being good and bad. When I'm being good, I go to the gym...
JOANNE FROGGATT

People inspire me. Every day, I meet amazing individuals in the field. When I see a mother who has w...
JOANNE LIU are you a victim or volunteer in your unhappy, failing relationship.
JOANNE WILLIAMS you can't hold on and let go to (at the sametime) of you worthless, unhappy, failing relationship
JOANNE WILLIAMS Have you ever met someone for the first time, but in your heart you feel as if you’ve met them bef...
JOANNE KENRICK

The effects of the attacks against health facilities emanate far beyond those immediately killed and...
JOANNE LIU She also won the gold medal in the Super Quiz and essay components. I've done essay judging since I ...
JOANNE ARGYRES Many other schools have strong programs, too, but Rick Pillsbury's Casa Grande teams are exceptional...
JOANNE ARGYRES They have much larger student bodies to select team members from, and some of them have as many as e...
JOANNE ARGYRES The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if ...
JOANNE ARGYRES Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh ...
JOANNE WOODWARD

In true-life dramas, you have to do so much research. It's a big responsibility to make sure thi...
JOANNE FROGGATT Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh e...
JOANNE WOODWARD Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh e...
JOANNE WOODWARD It sounds like to me it's a secondhand store.
JOANNE WHEELER I was not a very good mother. I was always running out to do a movie or something. If I had to do it...
JOANNE WOODWARD

My agent asked if I fancied Robin Hood and I thought: 'Yeah, why not?' I hadn't watched ...
JOANNE FROGGATT You know what editing can do. The editing on that show can be so cruel.
JOANNE SCHEER Our entire livelihood is based on passengers coming in here, and there are a lot of islands competin...
JOANNE BOHR

The fragrance that suits me best is Romance by Ralph Lauren. It seems to blend into my chemistry, so...
JOANNE FROGGATT There's a windy, strong northerly ebb tide making rescue efforts difficult, ... Very soon, most like...
JOANNE HAYES That’s the last time I put you in charge of the tequila when we’re making margaritas
JOANNE KENRICK For the record I've been a trustee over nine years and I can probably count on one hand the number o...
JOANNE FIELD If you procrastinate, it's going to cost you, literally.
JOANNE VETO

Once when I'd been in a lot of bunkers, my caddie told me he was getting blisters from raking so muc...
JOANNE CARNER His truck was all shot at. He saw his friend being dragged out and being stoned first. And the guy i...
JOANNE BRADSHAW I want them to be excited about being there, but not satisfied. It's like what (athletic director) S...
JOANNE BOYLE I don't like getting myself in hot water. But suddenly I find that every minute I have to stop a...
JOANNE WOODWARD He screamed out and I stopped the car. I saw the bullet hole \[in the door\] and I looked in the sea...
JOANNE SANABRIA I think sometimes she overdoes it. She obsessively wants to do a few (jumps) too many.
JOANNE MCLEOD It's a relatively low starting salary, about half of what I have been making. But I believe with my ...
JOANNE JOHNSON As the resources get tighter, we have to get smarter.
JOANNE KLINE

When something is dramatized, it provokes a much more emotive response than just hearing a story on ...
JOANNE FROGGATT Hollywood has its Oscars. Television has its Emmys. Broadway has its Tonys. And advertising has its ...
JOANNE LIPMAN My daughter, the one who lives nearby, is raising her children to be very much aware. We went on a n...
JOANNE WOODWARD I used to be neurotic. I didn't like myself very much. But somewhere in my mid-40s, my neuroses ...
JOANNE WOODWARD The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work
JOANNE CIULLA She had a rocky first game. But Tiffany has really responded.
JOANNE GRAF Long before we even lose our lives, we lose our souls. Tragic but true. Some carry on—willing to m...
JOANNE CRISNER We lose our soul, to find our life.
JOANNE CRISNER There are no changes planned to the employment levels of the personal-lines division in Winston-Sale...
JOANNE KRELL Be the kind of woman who, when your feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says "Oh, no! She's u...
JOANNE CLANCY Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh ev...
JOANNE WOODWARD The question at this point is not whether Secretary Rumsfeld should resign, it's whether he should b...
JOANNE MARINER There can be no one best way of organizing a business.
JOANNE WOODWARD I am very interested in the renovation, and we will continue to support [Friends of the Strand], ......
JOANNE WOODWARD We've been lucky to find the perfect person for the job. Tazewell has wit and humor, and a real sens...
JOANNE WOODWARD Never underestimate the power of a kind word nor your ability to ward off the opposite; both will ma...
JOANNE SANDY It takes a certain degree of egotism to attack others in order to make yourself feel better and a gr...
JOANNE SANDY Intensity is so much more becoming in the young.
JOANNE WOODWARD She just wanted to be in it. I'm excited. I did the same play when I was in high school. I still rem...
JOANNE WOODWARD We'd done the main thing that I was anxious to do.
JOANNE WOODWARD Which Christmas is the most vivid to me? It's always the next Christmas."
JOANNE WOODWARD I was down in Washington when 9/11 happened. We were in the middle of putting together the next summ...
JOANNE WOODWARD I had to accept the fact that bad things happen. It’s out of our control and I know it hurts like ...
JOANNE MCCLEAN There's a phrase: to strike while the iron is hot. The iron is hot.
JOANNE WUENSCH I didn't really plan it this way, but my skills led me rather directly into technical directing.
JOANNE KNOEBEL These writers' sleuths are engaged in an important endeavor. When they came out in the early 1980s, ...
JOANNE DOBSON I think it's an offer that would be really hard to turn down.
JOANNE DAVIS I wish we could buy farmland, but it doesn't seem like there are very many people looking to sell pr...
JOANNE DAVIS The incentives haven't worked. ... I don't feel sorry for this group of people.
JOANNE DAVIS The county needs to look at everything in a regional context. You diminish your water supply. You ja...
JOANNE DAVIS I did this. This is my place.
JOANNE DAVIS The growth outlook relative to developed markets is still in tact. We believe in the consumer story ...
JOANNE IRVINE These proposals represent a bold reform package for the future but they don't solve the problem of t...
JOANNE WHALLEY It's a great company. I'm learning all of the time.
JOANNE WHEELER In the middle of this journey, we lose a bit of ourselves. We do not know where we are or where we�...
JOANNE CRISNER It will take some time to get these proposals back. As long as we can move forward and not knock any...
JOANNE KING I think it is really early in the process, so people are not really reacting yet. The few comments I...
JOANNE KING Instead of starting when you?re 40 or 45, you might as well start now.
JOANNE KATSIGIANNIS I was worried as a Johnny Cash fan that I wouldn't like the performances. They were surprisingly tal...
JOANNE JOHNSON It was a very intense match. It took about two and a half hours to play and both teams played with a...
JOANNE JOHNSON The semiconductor industry is entering a new growth phase which includes new product development for...
JOANNE ITOW The Middle East is the area where we're most concerned. There has been a lot of speculation in these...
JOANNE IRVINE The outlook for global emerging markets is very positive. The fundamentals have never been so strong...
JOANNE IRVINE All of our toll roads become financially self-sufficient.
JOANNE HURLEY This is not a fast process. It's a very intense process in order to become designated a scenic highw...
JOANNE HURLEY This place would be very nice to take your children, but it is also a good place to take visitors an...
JOANNE HOYT My sister and brother-in-law were very impressed with how the cows were milked.
JOANNE HOYT I've lived here for awhile and I didn't know anything about the agriculture in the area. Since agric...
JOANNE HOYT I have, with my clients, told them that in life, you have choices you can make. I can empathize with...
JOANNE HOSKINS I was like, 'what!' I was just shocked. Then, they sent me the list, and I'm looking, and I say, 'he...
JOANNE HOSKINS The fact that there weren't any black players here in the Midwest, that wasn't gonna stop me from pl...
JOANNE HOSKINS I have more purpose in my life. I didn't think I could ever say that. Whenever people call me I go a...
JOANNE HOPTON You've got to talk, you've got to communicate, you've got to share ideas.
JOANNE HOPTON When this happens, you're brain dead. I'm an organizer, a leader, but I couldn't think. You just fee...
JOANNE HOPTON He asked her to go to the movies with him. She said, 'Don't you know what my father does to boys who...
JOANNE HOFFMAN He wrote these beautiful letters home.
JOANNE HOFFMAN Since stress is subjective, change the way that you perceive things. A long commute, for example, ca...
JOANNE HERMAN You can't control the uncle who drives you crazy, for example, but you can control your response to ...
JOANNE HERMAN Stress is stress. What's important is how a woman perceives stress. But the kind of stress that real...
JOANNE HERMAN Everyone is now taking a look at how we are situated and asking questions like, 'Do we have the best...
JOANNE HAYES If it was truly worth doing it, I would be fully in support of it,
JOANNE HAYES Unfortunately, the damage had pretty much been done,
JOANNE HAYES Fire Department and Police Department crews were on scene within four minutes to attempt rescue effo...
JOANNE HAYES They don't know a wit about marketing, ... That is the biggest challenge for most inventors.
JOANNE HAYES Nobody would want anybody to get killed like that a whole family.
JOANNE HALL We laugh a whole lot here.
JOANNE HALL COME and join us for the Greatest Marathon in the World.
JOANNE HALL We're real honest with parents. Sometimes we'll offer kids a partial scholarship and the parent will...
JOANNE GRAF We knew it was just a matter of time.
JOANNE GRAF She has gotten used to Division I pitching. She has been really selective at the plate.
JOANNE GRAF It's obviously a great opportunity for us to build our program. One day we want FSU to be where Mich...
JOANNE GRAF We wanted to get some pitchers some work and FAMU really took advantage when we made some mistakes w...
JOANNE GRAF I think it's real important against an aggressive team like FAMU to come out and get as many runs as...
JOANNE GRAF The other two (pitchers) will come around because we can't ride one pitcher the whole season. They h...
JOANNE GRAF I think it's kind of expected with our lack of experienced pitchers. It's not really a surprise to m...
JOANNE GRAF Our defense is better than it's been in a while. We're solid at every position.
JOANNE GRAF That's the perfect solution if there's a way to do that.
JOANNE FIELD They appear to have a belief that through your own actions, you can exert control over your circumst...
JOANNE FIELD We believe FEI is poised for improvements in operating efficiency following the conclusion of its re...
JOANNE FEENEY Most people are used to the old story of AMD and Intel where they were tied together and the fate of...
JOANNE FEENEY A higher valuation is justified when a company's earnings growth is significant. AMD's growth prospe...
JOANNE FEENEY But the story has changed fundamentally over the past couple years.
JOANNE FEENEY We draw people to God and send them back out ready to work for the Lord. We've grown by having those...
JOANNE ELLISON I realized that God was on the move. One day, I prayed for guidance, and I sensed that what would wo...
JOANNE ELLISON Most people are a little bit of each.
JOANNE DUMM People with learning disabilities learn differently, obviously. Does that mean the way that they lea...
JOANNE DUMM These kids learn just like their neighbors do. They just learn differently.
JOANNE DUMM We work very hard for that negative connotation to disappear.
JOANNE DUMM It?s unbelievable she?s still here, it?s shocking to me. She?s been a real heart breaker for us beca...
JOANNE DRAPER She?s like a poodle in a pit bull body. She has such a refined demeanor and a lady-like temperament ...
JOANNE DRAPER It's my role to protect his image. He certainly wouldn't be playing this role in a primary campaign.
JOANNE DRAKE Ronald Reagan never got involved in a primary campaign, even for his own daughter when she ran for C...
JOANNE DRAKE Mrs. Reagan is glued to his side.
JOANNE DRAKE It's been a really hard 10 years for her. She really appreciates the love and the prayers and the su...
JOANNE DRAKE While it is an extremely sad time for Mrs. Reagan, there definitely is a sense of relief that he is ...
JOANNE DRAKE He participated in physical therapy sessions yesterday morning and afternoon, sitting in a chair for...
JOANNE DRAKE Mrs. Reagan remains at his side and is actively participating in his physical therapy sessions. She ...
JOANNE DRAKE His appetite has increased, and he has even enjoyed some ice cream, his favorite dessert.
JOANNE DRAKE He sat up in a chair on Sunday afternoon, and has already done so this morning, and will be encourag...
JOANNE DRAKE Mrs. Reagan has not endorsed any candidate in the campaign. Neither she nor President Reagan ever en...
JOANNE DRAKE What's causing the rate hikes has nothing to do with the legal system.
JOANNE DOROSHOW At a time when the rest of the country is pulling for these states to recover from devastating hurri...
JOANNE DOROSHOW My passion for that recovery began when I was in grad school. I was assigned to read the women poets...
JOANNE DOBSON Detective fiction is an extremely moral genre, dealing with the strongest violation of the moral con...
JOANNE DOBSON It's important for readers, especially girls to read characters that they can relate to and model th...
JOANNE DOBSON Women mystery writers took a genre that before that had been exclusively male and transformed it. Th...
JOANNE DOBSON I was incredibly impressed when I saw the movie for the first time,
JOANNE DOBSON It will be interesting to see how many Schenectady County residents read the book through this progr...
JOANNE DEVOE The idea is to protest things that the administration is doing that are contrary to the Constitution...
JOANNE DEVOE It's sweeping the nation. We're trying different ways to reach the broader community and to involve ...
JOANNE DEVOE We expect the leaders to interview people. We want to make sure the people who are signed up are qua...
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I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

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