Jay McInerney Quotes
A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.Jay McInerney
Quotes to Explore
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
Garry Shandling -
I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
Warren Ellis -
In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
Lakhdar Brahimi -
I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
Daniel Craig -
I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
Taylor Schilling -
The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
Ma Jun
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was personally the most heartbreaking tragedy that altered my life forever.
Faye Resnick -
It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
Laura Linney -
Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
Gail Collins -
It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
Halldor Laxness -
Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
Adam Grant
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
Paget Brewster -
I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
Malcolm Gladwell -
I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
Mahavishnu John McLaughlin -
The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.
Kate Fleetwood -
To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
Earl Weaver
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I do write to be loved; I speak so that I am loved; I work for love; I live with others so that they may love me, and so that I can love them. For me, this is very important, and many, or all, of my relationships are based on that.
Angeles Mastretta -
As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
Seneca the Younger -
War is the ultimate tool of politics.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
There are so many career opportunities out there now for young women, and it's great to have the opportunity to encourage them to get involved in these new careers.
Katie Taylor -
A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.
Jay McInerney