Jay Parini Quotes
My father was a Baptist preacher, and he used to read the King James Bible to me every single morning. He made me memorize it and repeat verses at night before I went to sleep.
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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.
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A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
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From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.
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I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
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I had people at Perrysburg High School in my life in Perrysburg who believed in me and told me I could do anything I wanted too, and I foolishly believed them.
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My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
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I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.
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My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too much of my personal life out there, it ruins it.
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I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.
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I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.
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I go to a lot of self-help groups in the day, and then I can sleep pretty well at night.
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I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
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I completely identify with finding freedom in boundaries. That's why I tend to have more freedom when I write nonfiction over fiction: because I'm running up against actuality and beholden to the truth in a different way.
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On the grounds of prestigious musical organizations that come and go, New York has the edge.
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When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.
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My father was a Baptist preacher, and he used to read the King James Bible to me every single morning. He made me memorize it and repeat verses at night before I went to sleep.
