Jay McInerney Quotes
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I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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From the age of eighteen to twenty-one, I worked any job I could get my hands on. One of these jobs was selling fake paintings door-to-door.
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What I love about what I get to do is that I'm allowed to create the stories that I want to tell with minimal interference by some very big corporations like Microsoft and Sprint and EA and BioWare. The advantage that these tech companies have is that they understand the space organically, versus traditional media companies.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'
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Winning, you can overlook so many things.
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
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The town I grew up in was at least fifty percent Jewish, so every weekend in the 7th grade, we went to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
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Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.
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I miss the simplicity of college, with specific due dates, a consistent schedule, and a solid routine.
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We've got to start worrying about America. And if we don't start dealing with the debt we have and the deficit spending we have in Washington, politics doesn't matter, because the American people do realize that they have to balance their budgets.
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In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.
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Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up.
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When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it's a waste of money.
