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Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a very dirty peanut across the floor with your nose.

Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a very dirty peanut across the floor with your nose.
– Joyce Carol Oates

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  7. Popular! In America, what else matters? – Joyce Carol Oates
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  9. A fear of the unknown: what was that called?Worse yet: a fear of the known. – Joyce Carol Oates
  10. And I like your laugh, Sabbath; it’s inaudible. – Joyce Carol Oates
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  22. A nose is ordinarily naked. A nose isn’t nipple, although there are similarities. – Graham Spaid
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  37. My love for peanut ????er is so deep that I can’t look at a jar without devouring it! – Monica DiNatale
  38. Peanut ????er is a poor man’s marmalade. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  39. I need God’s grace and something baked with peanut ????er and chocolate. – Gloria Furman
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