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Jay Parini Quotes

'Bag of Bones' was a big, distorted yet wonderfully entertaining novel that rode high on the bestseller lists in 1998.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Bag High Big Bones Lists Bestseller

The thing is I don't feel like my story is special. I don't feel like it's different to anybody else.

Story Feel Special Different Like

We should not make the mistake of equating the E.U. with Europe. Outside the E.U., we wouldn't cease to be Europeans. But, an exit would definitely risk losing those opportunities for our children while growing no similar opportunities elsewhere.

Children Mistake Losing Opportunities

We didn't lose a game at home for two years. What are we missing? We have the product on the field. We're exciting.

Home Game Lose Product Two Missing

We in Britain stopped evolving gastronomically with the advent of the pie. Everything beyond that seemed like a brave, frightening new world. We knew the French were up to something across the Channel, but we didn't want anything to do with it.

Brave World Pie New Want Beyond

I consider myself a better storyteller than a Dungeon Master.

Myself Better Master Than Consider

Nothing panics politicians like $4 a gallon gas.

Nothing Politicians Gas Like Gallon

Because travel has always been such a vital part of myself and so essential to who I am, I have made the decision to continue to put myself back out into the world. And that's not an easy decision to make.

Amanda Lindhout

Myself Decision Travel I Am World

When I draw my caricature self-portrait, I always do a huge smile.

Smile Always Caricature Draw Huge

One of the things that happens when you have austerity is that wages get lower, and some people think lower wages in the short run can increase corporate profits.

Joseph Stiglitz

People Think Short You Run Things

The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism.

World Threatened Muslim Religious

I would fail if I had to work with stars. And I also can't afford to work that way. I can't afford to have special circumstances for rarified individuals. So, I work with actors who have given me a sign that they're willing to work in these more humble circumstances, in real-life locations.

Work Stars Humble Me Circumstances

I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut.

Christine Baranski

Live Wife Mom Nice Connecticut

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