Jay Parini Quotes

A. S. Byatt is a writer in mid-career whose time has certainly come, because 'Possession' is a tour de force that opens every narrative device of English fiction to inspection without, for a moment, ceasing to delight.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeMomentWithoutFictionDelight

How is it macho that I like to hunt and fish? I've been doing it since I was four.

Jim Harrison

FishDoingBeenLikeFourHunt

Everyone's system in the NBA makes sense. It all comes down to the quality of player and the quality of execution.

Jeff Van Gundy

QualityDownExecutionEveryoneNBA

I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.

Trey Gowdy

GoodBelieveI BelieveTwoThings

It's sometimes shocking to find out what people really believe in.

Tracey Ullman

PeopleBelieveFindSometimesOut

When you're adopted, no matter what, you've got issues with unconditional love. And you find out you're the product of the worst situation for a young girl to be in and start her life, and I'm so grateful that my birth mom made the decision she made. She came from a rough situation.

Rodney Atkins

LifeLoveGirlDecisionGrateful

I joined a campus competition, as I felt I could do comedy, and I won. Then I started doing standup gigs in 2009 while completing my law degree, but I never told my parents. They only discovered a few years later.

Ronny Chieng

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The ocean is very comfortable. I could never live inland.

Ry Cooder

LiveOceanComfortableNeverVery

I do not want to put U.S. companies in a position where their competitors are behaving in a way that is inconsistent with the way they are required to behave. That is neither fair, nor will it solve the problem.

Mike Pompeo

ProblemWantWillWayFairBehave

There's always motivation coming into Majors. If you can't get up and get excited to win one of these, then you probably shouldn't be playing golf.

Jason Dufner

WinMotivationGolfYouAlwaysUp

If you get it right, it's the most grand thing you could ever do. So many people let biopics slip through their fingers, but the opportunity to play Eazy-E could change my life.

Jason Mitchell

LifeChangeOpportunityPeopleYou

It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.

Christine Baranski

LifeGreatTimeMy LifeGreat Time

I think at times I read too much of my own press. I wish I was better at taking in how great my life is, but that's surprisingly elusive. I tend to be very hard on myself and insecure about failing no matter what happens.

Seth MacFarlane

LifeGreatMyselfThinkBetterWish

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