Jay Griffiths Quotes
Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the worst excesses of Stalinism or consumerism, the human spirit will still express itself.Jay Griffiths
Quotes to Explore
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
Abu Bakar Bashir -
I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
Orhan Pamuk -
In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
Tea Obreht -
When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
Tatum O'Neal -
I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
Fiona Apple -
After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
J. K. Simmons
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
Brown Campbell -
When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
Dan DeCarlo -
You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
Vernon Wells -
I'm a really bad liar.
Daniel Craig -
I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
Salman Rushdie -
Leaks are always bad news.
Valerie Plame
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
Kareena Kapoor Khan -
The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
Garrison Keillor -
It's the federal government's job to secure the border.
Carly Fiorina -
I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!
Zoe Kazan -
Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
Maggie Q -
There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.
Sam Trammell
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I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?
Omar Epps -
That consecrated combination of private interests and public plunders.
Oswald Mosley -
It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy.
Kristin Kreuk -
Men, being conditioned badly, are always feeling nooses closing around their necks, even dumpy boors no girl would take on a bet.
Cynthia Heimel -
Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the worst excesses of Stalinism or consumerism, the human spirit will still express itself.
Jay Griffiths