Jay Parini Quotes
'Bag of Bones' was a big, distorted yet wonderfully entertaining novel that rode high on the bestseller lists in 1998.Jay Parini
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
Adam Levine Maroon 5 -
I'm high energy.
Karl Urban -
We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career.
Kate Brown -
Students graduating with high debt encounter difficulties in qualifying for home and automobile loans.
Hank Johnson -
I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.
Flavor Flav -
I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork.
Zoe Kravitz
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I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.
Patrick Wilson -
But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.
Uma Thurman -
We'd be doing parkour on my high school roof; we'd get in trouble. But I was never a reckless kid.
Dacre Montgomery -
The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
Fabrizio Moreira -
I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It's like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas.
Laura Hillenbrand -
I love to walk through the streets of Jesus Maria and Pueblo Libre. The Spanish colonial buildings are in bright colors, two stories high, with these intricate wooden, windowed balconies.
Daniel Alarcon
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Over time, our emerging high-usage products will likely generate significant new revenue streams for Google as well as for our partners, just as search does today.
Larry Page -
I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.
Natasha Bedingfield -
I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all those bows moving at the same time... wow.
Isaac Hayes -
Throughout the 19th century, Britain bought cheaply from the countries of the empire and compelled subject countries to buy our goods at high prices.
Kate Williams -
Everything I did in high school was focused on microbiology, looking at things like algae under a microscope for hours on end. When I was 13, I saved up $100 to buy a good used microscope. I was obsessed with microorganisms.
Randy Schekman -
I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.
Dale T. Mortensen
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Kids will pick up on weakness, and I was very shy growing up. I was skinny and flat-chested; I didn't have the latest clothes. For me, it was about being left out and not having any friends and being laughed at. I was very lonely, but that happens to so many people.
Kaya Scodelario -
I think Pluto has to be considered among the places in the solar system that are possible homes for life.
David Grinspoon -
Not being locked into one set of feelings, which you run the risk of mistaking for the truth, you have greater and more intense access to all feeling states, including those you would never choose to act out.
Mary Gaitskill -
I always chose the byline.
Amy Chozick -
'Bag of Bones' was a big, distorted yet wonderfully entertaining novel that rode high on the bestseller lists in 1998.
Jay Parini