Jay Parini Quotes

The fact is, we need markers in life, whether we subscribe to a religion or not. And the major holidays, such as Christmas, serve to remind us of the turning world.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

Jennifer Lopez

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I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

John Hawkes

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Life is full of surprises.

John Major

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By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.

Angelus Silesius

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In an odd way, it is refreshing to be around people who aren't attention-starved and media-addicted.

Johnny Colt

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My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas morning to find Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' in my stocking. I had never been so excited by the sight of a book - and have possibly never been since!

Sophie Kinsella

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The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive to make a film, to be a director you had to be an entrepreneur to raise money.

Tom Hooper

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I feel the other element of a western is the land, which is very important in this movie. I mean the land is another character in the piece, actually.

Tom Selleck

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I heard that the same thing occurred in a scene in Alien, where the creature pops out of the chest of a crewman. The other actors didn't know what was to happen; the director wanted to get true surprise.

Marvin Minsky

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Night was running ahead of itself.

Jorge Amado

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I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.

Arthur Balfour

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Mothers suffer in the workplace. That fact is by now so painfully familiar it even has a name: the motherhood penalty.

Alissa Quart

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