Quote by Joyce Maynard
More than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms

More than any other setting – more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel – Ill put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue. – Joyce Maynard

Other quotes by Joyce Maynard

The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what Ive written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval. – Joyce Maynard

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Fear
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Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love. – Joyce Maynard

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Age
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At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood. – Joyce Maynard

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Home
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There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees. – Henry Louis Gates

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Family

Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes. – Christopher Lasch

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Family

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Family

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. – George Carlin

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Family

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In order for America to remain a global leader in innovation and opportunity, we must give our children a solid foundation in math and science. – Kenny Marchant

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With my full philosophical rucksack I can only climb slowly up the mountain of mathematics. – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value

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A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music. – Norah Jones

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