John Jakes Quotes

The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.

John Jakes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 31, 1932

Topics

ChildrenPainLosingHellInnocence

Just taking care of yourself is a job of its own.

Joanna Krupa

JobYourselfCareOwnJustTaking

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

Jerry Lewis

LoveTimeBestLosingWinningHuman

I just do my day job and go home and plant trees.

Andrew Lincoln

HomeDayJobTreesPlantGo

It's actually difficult to know what anyone wants these days. Tastes seem to change so quickly nowadays depending on the latest blog. The latest Facebook page. Twitter is somewhat important in telling you what you should want.

Michael Gross

ChangeYouPageKnowImportantWant

'Oxygene' was one of the first, if not the first, popular electronic music album.

Jean-Michel Jarre

MusicFirstElectronic MusicAlbum

All I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, responsibilities, hopes.

Tony Shalhoub

PeopleSameNormalFilmWhoHopes

I try to approach all episodic work the same. No matter the content. I look for a dramatic or emotional spine to the story I'm telling, something that stands out to me thematically about the episode and its relationship to the rest of the season/series.

Miguel Sapochnik

WorkRelationshipMeRestStoryTry

Companies understand that if their employees are sick, it's really expensive. So despite the rhetoric I hear, thank God employers are still in the health-care system.

Michael Porter

GodSickThank GodEmployeesSystem

I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the '80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career.

Jason Wu

I AmGrowing UpCareerBornGrowing

For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.

Alice McDermott

FaithMeTalkWithoutInstitution

I'm not supposed to be phonetically correct or enunciate perfectly.

Shannon Sharpe

CorrectSupposedPerfectly

The start is crucial, really, but the entire race is crucial. There is not any room for error. If there is one bad stroke, you regularly lose the race.

Mark de Jonge

StartYouLoseBadRaceRoom

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