Jay Parini Quotes

There's been an unquestionable decline in American culture. The education system is thin on the ground. People don't read as deeply and at length as they used to. And the media has been scattered into so many cable channels.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally.

Andrew Gould

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'Complicated' is good, in my opinion.

Andre Braugher

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The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's internal situation, and security against anyone attacking one's nation. That is the very heart of what I believe is sovereignty.

John Warner

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During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of longer-term challenges in other countries.

Stephen Kinzer

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I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams.

St. Vincent

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Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this century - they combine Art and business!

Roger Corman

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I would like to know that I was still going to be employed as a woman well into my 60s. In acting terms, a career that spans a lifetime is a very hard thing to achieve, particularly as a woman.

Romola Garai

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I am not interested in the technology business, at least not in getting hands-on.

Roshni Nadar

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I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person.

Diana Ross

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'Live a Lie' is inspired by recent combinations found in dubstep.

Dhani Harrison

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Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you.

Drew Carey

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When you nominate for a seat, the expectation is that you serve that district and serve that seat if you are elected.

Denis Napthine

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