Jay Parini Quotes
I envy Muslims their practice of regular and genuine prayer. It's a beautiful practice that enriches their daily lives.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize an astronomy club for my friends at the age of 11. We would meet once a week to learn about the constellations.
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I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
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Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
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I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
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Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
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It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
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Acting is not my favourite thing. I don't like wearing costumes and wigs.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
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I got my first computer in the 6th grade or so. As soon as I got it, I was interested in finding out how it worked and how the programs worked and then figuring out how to write programs at just deeper and deeper levels within the system.
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At the end of our life, author Jack Kornfield says, the most important question is not how hard we worked or how much we accomplished. It’s “Did I Love Well?”
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A writer is in the end not his books, but his myth. And that myth is in the keeping of others.
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Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.
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I envy Muslims their practice of regular and genuine prayer. It's a beautiful practice that enriches their daily lives.
