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Phil Klay Quotes

Certainly, when I'd left Iraq back in 2008, I'd been proud of my service, but whether we'd been successful or not was still an open question.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1983

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Service Proud Back Question Open

I always had this curiosity about acting, but I was really into sports, and I never really thought about acting as a career. My senior year, I tried out for the high school production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and that was it for me.

Sports School Me Curiosity Thought

My first trip to Japan, in 1998, began with an enormous crowd of Japanese paparazzi and television crews, all waiting for me to clear customs in Tokyo (a first-time experience for this wine critic). Over the next five days, the attention never waned.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Experience Waiting Me Wine Attention

Poverty does not make people terrorists, but terrorists can exploit the frustration it creates and use it as a breeding-ground for violent ideas.

People Ideas Frustration Poverty Use

I have this old Polo jacket. I've got to bring it wherever I go. And I have this one cape that somebody gave to me. It's this jumpsuit with this cape on the back that this one person gave to me. It's clutch.

Me Back Person Go Jacket Old

There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are hard to play. So we put a lot of work into it. The musicians that I've managed to surround myself with after all of these years are individuals who really excel at what they do.

Work Myself Musicians Play Boston

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

Good Business Contract Fickle Only

You hear a lot of writers talk like writing is therapy or some kind of magic art, but it's a business.

Robert Ben Garant

Business Art Writing Magic You Kind

As I became a venture capitalist, it's almost like I went to the dark side for a while.

Dark Dark Side Side Venture Almost

When you're an author, you're always two people. Jasper the writer is different from Jasper the person at home.

Home People You Person Two People

People vary. You change your style, your hair, and the way you dress. Talking differently will be a part of that.

Change Style Dress People Hair You

I simply went down there to catch up with an old mate of mine, who owns the place. He's the one who wrote the book on the place, but no, no movie, just a beer.

Beer Book Down Place Old Up

I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

Teacher Driving Mentor Claim Forces

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