Jay Parini Quotes
It's impossible to see the face of Jesus without seeking that face in some concentrated way, in the practice of the faith, through prayer and action.
Jay Parini
Quotes to Explore
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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?'
J. B. Smoove
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
Ursula Andress
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
Kate Christensen
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My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
Yoenis Cespedes
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
T. J. Miller
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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Saint Francis de Sales
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Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children.
Victoria Principal
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If you have drive and energy, everything is possible.
Maelle Gavet
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
Dag Hammarskjold
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If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.
R. Kelly
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Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible congestion. Biking is a much more efficient way of getting around, and you get there faster.
Dan Hill
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I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.
Frances McDormand
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Character drives the story, and the story drives the book. I don't think about where the action should go, or how much there should be, until it's required by the characters. When I find myself adding conflict just because I'm afraid that the reader might get bored, I know I've taken a wrong turn somewhere.
Nick Petrie
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I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.
Karen Gillan
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For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.
Marya Mannes
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Neither marriage's heart nor adventure are found in the banner days, those events we record and look back on. The glory is the ordinary.
R. C. Sproul, Jr.
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Most people are searching for a path to success that is both easy and certain. Most paths are neither.
Seth Godin
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It's impossible to see the face of Jesus without seeking that face in some concentrated way, in the practice of the faith, through prayer and action.
Jay Parini
