Jay Parini Quotes

I think the membrane - I say that the membrane between life and death is perilously thin. And I do think the story of Jesus, this great mythical story, can have transforming value in our lives.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1948

Topics

LifeGreatDeathValueStoryThink

Siemens is keen on all the same things the UAE is keen on.

Joe Kaeser

SameThingsKeenSame Things

One of the ways usually that you build a bipartisan agreement is one side gives up a little, and the other side gives up a little.

John Dickerson

YouBuildUpLittleSideAgreement

The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation.

Megan Smith

WomenTechnologyOpportunityScience

Probably more than any other movie we've made here at Pixar, 'Up' was the one we were the most nervous about.

John Lasseter

NervousMoreUpHereMadeMost

I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family.

Jeff Bridges

WorkFamilyHard WorkMeKnowTry

It's hard to run a mile when you're not a miler and to kick when you've led all the way.

Steve Prefontaine

YouRunWayHardKickLed

By the time I got to college, mind expansion had lost its appeal.

Tucker Carlson

TimeMindCollegeLostExpansion

The whole debate on what food is best for us is complex, ongoing and often controlled by vested interests.

Jasper Carrott

FoodBestDebateComplexUsWhole

I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things I've got, I don't even know what gizmo they're for. More importantly, half the gizmos I've got, I don't know where their little dongly thing is.

Douglas Adams

KnowWantMoreLittleThingsHalf

Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

Chief Seattle

LifeManWhateverWebHeHimself

The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China.

Chen-Ning Yang

CultureQuestionChinaMuchHow

This world of 'Star Wars' is just so accepting and beautiful that the idea a droid and a human are trying to waddle their way into a relationship is something that's celebrated.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

RelationshipBeautifulWorldTrying

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