Jay McInerney Quotes
I feel that there's a lot of would-be guardians of the culture who think that high-minded literary purpose and the life that gets chronicled in the gossip columns, that these two things are incompatible.Jay McInerney
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
Zach Braff -
By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
Edmund Morgan -
When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.
Maisie Williams -
I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
Tamsin Greig -
I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
Magic Johnson -
I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
Sam Riley
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
Samuel Goldwyn -
Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
Facundo Pieres -
If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
Wanda Sykes -
Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
Karl Liebknecht -
I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.
Maggie Q -
Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
Rachel Roy
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If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
Rafael dos Anjos -
I have always been ambitious about getting a U.S. role, and if ever there is some frustration, it is still encouraging to get close to big roles because it implies there is somewhere to go.
Indiana Evans -
What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
T. C. Boyle -
What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
Garth Brooks -
If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
Karen Allen -
There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.
Yoko Ono
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Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Samuel Johnson -
One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.
Wayne Dyer -
The advantage of meditating upon life and death is being able to say anything at all about them.
Emil Cioran -
I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
Camilla Lackberg -
You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, 'Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I'm going to hear all the things I don't want to hear.'
Betty White -
I feel that there's a lot of would-be guardians of the culture who think that high-minded literary purpose and the life that gets chronicled in the gossip columns, that these two things are incompatible.
Jay McInerney