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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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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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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The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests.
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
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The first book I remember loving was 'Grug and the Big Red Apple.' The first film I saw in the cinema was 'Grease.'
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When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' start selling. Then that became a huge, huge hit.
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When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove.
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As an author, I love to know my book sells really well.
