Jay Parini Quotes

American fundamentalist thought connected strongly to reactionary political ideology as nervous Christians pushed back against liberal reforms on many fronts.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThoughtAmericanPoliticalBackMany

Carole King is one of my dearest friends. We're like family.

Merry Clayton

FamilyKingFriendsLikeDearest

Singing is all about certain inflection on certain lines. I used to listen to tapes of everybody from Michael Jackson and Prince to Earth, Wind and Fire. They would have different vocal inflections. If the line insinuated pain, they would cringe on some lines.

Trey Songz

FirePainWindSingingEarthListen

One of my most persistent, long-term fantasy wishes is not that I could fly or become invisible, but that I could make sound recording be invented decades or even centuries earlier than it was, so I could hear what people in the 1830s or 1750s actually sounded like.

Tom Reiss

PeopleFlyWishesFantasyBecome

I've spent so much of my life travelling alone, so I keep things to myself.

Rohan Bopanna

LifeAloneMyselfMy LifeThings

I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important.

Ruby Dee

GreatStrongImportantBeingJust

Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

Mason Cooley

TalentYouBeingIrritatingYour

You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know?

David Yates

YouKnowWantNeverDirectorBall

'The Voice' gave me the exposure that YouTube was never able to provide for me, just because I didn't have a label or that kind of opportunity before. It also kind of trained me as person and performer with an audience.

Christina Grimmie

OpportunityMeVoicePersonKind

I'm more straightforward, and I speak up more than I did before. When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.

Britney Spears

MomSpeakNowMoreUpThings

Doing less films is sometimes intentional, but sometimes things just don't work out.

Ali Fazal

WorkDoingSometimesIntentionalOut

I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.

Sean Penn

WorkThinkActorSuccessfulRole

Iraqi national identity under Saddam Hussein never truly incorporated Shiites or Kurds. Sunnis, who identified most closely with the Iraqi nation, remain in some ways disenfranchised relative to the other groups, or at least they perceive themselves that way.

Noah Feldman

IdentityWayNeverNationWhoMost

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