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This was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone.


Joyce Carol Oates

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BILLY BEANE I'll call you," he repeated.
"If you call me, I won't pick up the phone."
"You will wait b...
ILONA ANDREWS You know, fate intervened. I went on to the DCMS committee to have a quieter life before the phone h...
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ELI REIFMAN I thought if I didnt take a break, I would do something even worse. Like yell or hang up the phone.
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NE-YO You have to take into account it was the cell phone that became what the modern-day concept of a pho...
GIOVANNI RIBISI The phone is Your Friend, Pick it up to set appointments.
JEFF PACKARD If the door bell rings and you go to open the door and the phone rings at the same time and you end ...
APURVA GAGLANI Little distractions were quite annoying. I can almost tell you the phone number she was giving on th...
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TIM VINE I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in m...
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DANIEL HOROWITZ Unlike perusing your mail or tapping your phone, this is looking inside your brain.
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FRANK MERRILL No one is too busy to pick up the phone, to make a one-minute phone call. No matter how busy they sa...
CANDACE BUSHNELL This is the most mail, e-mail, phone calls, personal contacts and public testimony on a single issue...
BRIAN ROGERS I think everybody better support a raise for you guys. I think everybody should think about that. Yo...
JAMES GANDOLFINI Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up.
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MIKE MOORE At lunch I turned my phone on to check my messages. Georgia always sent me a few inane texts during ...
AMY PLUM Sorry I didn't pick up my phone, I got carried away dancing to the ringtone.
ANONYMOUS We contacted prime support customers by phone and e-mail.
SAL VIVEROS It's just tying up phone lines and could possibly cost somebody their life.
LT. MEL HARDY I was very surprised to learn that cell phone numbers are recycled. You never know who had the numbe...
FRANK THERRE I just dropped the phone. I was very, very upset.
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GABRIELLE ZEVIN The worst thing about e-mail is that you can’t interrupt the other person. You have to read the wh...
GEORGE CARLIN I remember feeling cold and them calling for a heating unit. Then I heard the phone call the PA made...
DEAN SCHMUNK He was so honest you could play craps with him over the phone.
EARL WILSON Because all of the messages are unified in one place, just using the phone, I can get to all of them...
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TED TURNER I'm hopeless by e-mail, by phone, by text.
RACHEL MADDOW To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you'r...
TED TURNER There are some people that will not pick up a phone and call you, but if you knock on a door and tal...
STEVE MARTIN I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call ...
KARL MALONE With a push of a button, you can take what you've recorded on the phone and wirelessly send it to yo...
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ELLEN DEGENERES I told her, 'I'll be there -- if you wake me up! Just let the phone ring a lot.'
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CHRISTOPHER SPENCER I hate smug people.”
Ros laughed. “That you do. And so you’re using his phone. He’ll ex...
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JAY RITTER I was hurt, like, really hurt. The next day, I was sick all day, didn't want to talk to anybody, did...
DAVID CLOWNEY I came home from school one day, and there was a phone call for me. And I picked up the phone. They ...
BEN BERNANKE I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weig...
RICHARD SIMMONS If you can bypass the wireless network, then you can make phone calls almost for free,
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EVAN THORNLEY His brain was like a smart phone; whenever a life asked him to take an important call, it would hang...
DR HITESH C SHETH If they have questions, they should not wait. We can't help them if they don't pick up the phone.
AMANDA BICKNELL They always want to answer the phone but they never know what to say after they pick it up.
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SARAH DESSEN How do you make your cell phone smarter? Turn up the brightness.
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BILL ROBERTSON We often underestimate the power of a phone call or a personalized card in the mail. It can make a d...
LORRIN L. LEE I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.
BILL GATES One time, a girl dropped her phone in my pocket and I found it and was like, 'There you go.'...
HARRY STYLES Phone phreaking is a type of hacking that allows you to explore the telephone network by exploiting ...
KEVIN MITNICK The food was a big thing. You just picked up the phone and they brought you whatever you needed. For...
JACKIE MARTINEZ You can take your phone with you. Even if you're in China, your phone calls are local.
JEFF BROWNING Because the phone is so intense, you use it more. The longer you have the phone, the more you become...
ANTHONY MORMILE We pick up the phone and talk to the Secret Service, if not daily, then once a week. We have a direc...
CHRIS HENDERSON I was calling you earlier when your name and number flashed up on my cell’s screen. But instead of...
SHAYE EVANS Sometimes you should just put down the computer, the phone, and walk away.
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JOHN OATES I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the ...
JOHN OATES I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of ...
JOHN OATES Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills h...
JOHN OATES You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate ...
JOHN OATES I'm a bit more grounded than Daryl. I'm more practical, more pragmatic. Daryl looks more at the crea...
JOHN OATES Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.
JOHN OATES My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B.
JOHN OATES I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton J...
JOHN OATES Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix.
JOHN OATES A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.
JOHN OATES There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, a...
JOHN OATES If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'We...
JOHN OATES Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage st...
JOHN OATES I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.
JOHN OATES The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off....
JOHN OATES I realized if I'm not really making an album, I don't have to be concerned about things like...
JOHN OATES He would be overjoyed. To see the outpouring of love from the fans, the former players and the Range...
GLORIA OATES This is just a very strong testimony to the life Johnny lead.
GLORIA OATES It's absolutely awesome the turnout that we've had here. Friends from as far back as high school and...
GLORIA OATES I am just going outside and may be some time.
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE OATES This was a one-on-one encounter between an officer and a violent felon. And there's no question that...
CHIEF DANIEL OATES It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like...
JOYCE MEYER Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can...
JOYCE MEYER As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if...
JOYCE BROTHERS There is such a thing as bad publicity.
JOYCE BROTHERS I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know abo...
JOYCE BROTHERS I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped...
JOYCE BROTHERS The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie ...
JOYCE BROTHERS Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty ...
JOYCE BROTHERS Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The han...
JOYCE BROTHERS