Jay Parini Quotes

I argue that the resurrection was not the Great Resuscitation. It was a total transformation. I just don't accept the black-and-white thinking that goes along with needing to regard the gospels are literally true.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatTransformationThinkingTrue

A classic man is a distinguished man. He cares about taste and his craft. He's all about the simple model that I live by - eat, drink, be swanky, and have fun getting the job done. He makes sure that he's excellent in all things and that he cares about his neighborhood immensely.

Jidenna

LiveSimpleJobManFunHave Fun

Who I was back then, when I started on 'One Tree Hill,' is so different from who I am now. Coming off Laguna, being 19 years old, and thrown into this odd, ridiculous spotlight, wasn't for me. There have always been haters, and people don't want to give you a chance or the benefit of the doubt, but this show gave me an opportunity.

Stephen Colletti

OpportunityTreeI AmPeopleMeYou

I like America. I think it's pretty cool.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

CoolThinkAmericaPrettyLike

I'm not going to make it the all - everything. Our (the Saints) goal is to get better, make the playoffs and win the Super Bowl, but I'm not gonna anguish over it like I have in the past.

Mike Ditka

PastWinBetterGoalSuper Bowl

We all want to win more, but it's all about being blessed and embracing your blessings. We have life.

DJ Khaled

LifeBlessedWinBlessingsWant

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.

Denzel Washington

HealthCommitmentTogetherMindMe

So long as the opposing forces are at the outset approximately equal in numbers and moral and there are no flanks to turn, a long struggle for supremacy is inevitable.

Douglas Haig

StruggleLongNumbersMoralTurn

Coaching 'The Ultimate Fighter' in my weight class, I couldn't do it. I'd basically be coaching people to beat me. I'm going to give you my riddle?

Demetrious Johnson

PeopleMeCoachingYouClassBeat

Nobody wants to feel controlled or treated like a child.

Dean Ornish

ChildFeelNobodyLikeWants

I truly believe that writing is a continuum - so the different genres and forms are simply stops along the same continuum. Different ideas that need to be expressed sometimes require different forms for the ideas to float better. I don't write essays as often as I should.

Chris Abani

IdeasWritingBelieveBetterNeed

It's very exciting... what DeAndre brings to the game is truly special. To have the opportunity to play with a football player like that, that's what gets a quarterback out of bed in the morning.

Brock Osweiler

MorningOpportunityFootballGame

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow.

Annie Smith Peck

ManSatisfactionLaborFollowHard

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