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Jay McInerney Quotes

There's a socialist bias to the consensus of the literary world: a '30s mentality that says factory workers are more worthy of our attention.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: January 13, 1955

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World Attention Bias More Worthy

I have been very fortunate as to escape through another day's very severe fighting and escaped unhurt.

John Hunt Morgan

Day Fighting Escape Through Been

In large commercial cities, the money power is, I fear irresistible. It is not by open corruption that it always, or even most generally, operates.

Fear Power Money Corruption Open

I think music has always been what I always wanted to do, but I didn't know how or when I was going to get discovered.

Music Think Know Always Going Get

I decided that I would defy expectations, be it those put on me by society, race, socioeconomic status, or my father.

Father Me Society Expectations Race

I sometimes wonder why I do so much research - I look at other successful writers, and I think it must just be so relaxing to write about flying horses or something, but I have to make it plausible.

Research Flying Think Look Wonder

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.

Racing Always Ever Fascination Had

I came up at a time in the late '60s, early '70s where music was without boundaries. You'd go into a music store, and the music was in alphabetical order. I hadn't heard of that word 'genre.'

Music Time You Early Late Go

I guess I figured out my dad was a fight coordinator pretty early, because I always saw him running into walls and stuff and nobody got mad at him, but it took me a lot longer to figure out what Mom did, because it was usually stuff on the telephone.

Walls Fight Me Mom Early Mad

Even the sheep are afraid of me.

Me Sheep Afraid Even

The linkage between tax rates and public services is, if not non-existent, negative.

Negative Tax Between Public Rates

I actually did not like to run. It was probably my least favorite thing that I had to do, and then in 1999, I was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic. It was really strange. One good thing to do for diabetes is to exercise. I don't really like gyms anymore, and I travel quite a bit, so I realized that you can just take shoes and shorts and run anywhere.

Good Shoes Travel Exercise You Run

Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you don't hear the sound; you are the sound.

Nature Voice Self You True Become

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