Jay Parini Quotes

I have a mystical bent, and I pursue daily meditations that follow the liturgical calendar - what are called the 'daily offices' of the church.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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It's pretty traumatic knowing that your instrument that's your career isn't working, and you've got to have an operation.

Jess Glynne

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You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I'm going to be my best right now. That's what faith is all about.

Joel Osteen

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Having the urge to write a novel, especially if you've yet to be published, is like having a medical condition impossible to mention in polite company - it's a relief simply to know there are fellow-sufferers out there.

Robert Harris

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When I was growing up, I was watching Steffi... she taught me, actually, that I'm on a good way and try to believe in myself.

Angelique Kerber

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I used to be weak - as did all British fighters - with wrestling, because we don't have high school wrestling or college wrestling here.

Michael Bisping

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There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.

Robert Anton Wilson

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Why do people refuse to vaccinate their children against measles or whooping cough? In many cases, because they have never seen measles and have no idea what it might do.

Michael Specter

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When I was in school, I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective.

Lisa Randall

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I was in 27 Broadway plays, and three of them got the Pulitzer Prize.

Dick Van Patten

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The first time I saw a commercial for my fight was UFC 210.

Demetrious Johnson

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Most people offer obvious telltale signs when they're lying.

Christopher Voss

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The only thing that's different about doing a superhero show is that you can have your hero do things that a normal cop in a procedural can't do. But the structure of the storytelling is universal.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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