Jay Parini Quotes

Who was Jesus anyway? After twenty centuries, there is not much anyone can agree on. The four canonical gospels don't measure up to modern standards of biographical writing, and - outside of this material - there is precious little contemporary evidence, apart from a few glancing mentions of Jesus or the movement centered on him.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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In 1958, Anne and I returned to Australia, where I got a very attractive research position at the Australian National University in Canberra. But soon I felt very isolated because at that time game theory was virtually unknown in Australia.

John Harsanyi

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I'm totally crazy, I know that.

Maurice Sendak

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I don't start out making films with a certain goal in mind.

Matthew Heineman

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When you're just focused on nutrition and hunger, that's a harder, harder lift in isolation.

Jeff Fortenberry

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My passion is New York and the vitality that makes it special.

Michael Musto

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Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.

Ludwig von Mises

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Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.

Davy Crockett

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To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.

Chin-Ning Chu

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I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.

Christie Hefner

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Not much ever really comes of commissions, really. The last one that really came up with something truly concrete was the Warren Commission, and for all its good work, most Americans persist in believing that Oswald was working in tandem with the CIA, FBI, Lyndon Johnson, and the John Birch Society.

Christopher Buckley

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When you're faced with an opponent, the media asks the questions, and I answer truthfully. I don't hold back.

Conor McGregor

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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

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