Jack Henry Abbott Quotes

When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.

Jack Henry Abbott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 21, 1944 - February 10, 2002

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I feel that when I began writing, I had a need to know more about the play before I got into it. I think that's the way I was thinking. But my actual experience is that the best way to find out what the structure is, is by writing the play out laterally. You just have got to be brave enough to start without knowing where you are going.

Tom Stoppard

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I like all of John Carpenter's movies. 'The Thing' is my favorite.

Rob Lowe

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I may appear to be full of myself because I always want better.

Mohammed VI of Morocco

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Michael Jordan brings millions of dollars when he shows up in an arena. Since money is how we judge people, he's very valuable.

Don Yaeger

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We need to accept that the commandments of God aren't just a long list of good ideas. They aren't 'life hacks' from an Internet blog or motivational quotes from a Pinterest board.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you're covered and there's not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.

Anson Mount

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When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

Placido Domingo

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Running is a basic ingredient for your health, just as much as eating and sleeping, but going out for a run by yourself and taking a moment to think also creates a certain peace.

Phil Knight

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I was taken to my first fashion show - Nina Ricci haute couture - in Paris by the White Russian princess, down on her luck, whom I was boarding with in Paris in 1963. I was captivated by the glamour of the gilded salon, the elegant clothes, and the audience of grand ladies.

Suzy Menkes

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My father was in record promotion in Los Angeles. He worked for Mercury Records, Capitol Records, and RCA Records. My parents divorced when I was about 9. In 1978, my dad moved to Nashville and opened an independent record promotion company, Mike Borchetta Promotions.

Scott Borchetta

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If I went into politics, it's because I grew up in a political atmosphere.

Marion Marechal-Le Pen

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