Jay Asher Quotes
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot.
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I love 'The X-Men;' that was the first comic series that I was dedicated to, because I feel like you can pick your player. 'I'm the most like Gambit... or I'm totally a Storm.'
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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Music inspires me and puts me in the right mood, but to actually listen to it when I write – I find it gets in the way.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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As a boy, I had an uncle, T. G. Bond, who lived near Moreton Hampstead and who was passionately devoted to Dartmoor. He inspired me with the same love.
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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
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And wouldn't we be better off if every New Year's, we thought about the things we did right and we resolved to keep doing them, no matter how wacky they were.
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But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.
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I don't buy these rag magazines that feed off of stolen, you know, press. They're basically stealing someone's image in order to make money for themselves... They wait at the end of my street in their cars. Every time I exit my home, I have company.
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You could be a victim, you could be a hero, you could be a villain, or you could be a fugitive. But you could not just stand by. If you were in Europe between 1933 and 1945, you had to be something.
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What can be hidden in a book?
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As an author, I love to know my book sells really well.
