Jay Parini Quotes
We are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors, and we've managed over more than two centuries to create a way of life that allows for a reasonable degree of upward mobility, that prizes individual liberty, promotes freedom of religion and genuinely values equal rights for all citizens.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your body. You have to be intelligent. You have to draw on a lot of emotions that you go through in life that you can tap into once you work on a set.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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By the time I got to Bournemouth Art College, I'd been so inspired by Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez and their tiny, no-budget films that I decided to do a feature-length version of 'Fistful Of Fingers.'
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe.
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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Movies don't have borders.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
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I'm not gonna play a part that doesn't instill some kind of fear in me. If I read a part, and suddenly, I'm thinking halfway through, 'I'm not sure I could get away with this,' I think of everything I can think of to keep me from doing it, that's the one I should do.
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The first is the law, the last prerogative.
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Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence.
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I'm here to serve God and be of service. I'm nothing; everything out here is a lot bigger than me.
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It's a fairly common phenomenon of London life - people having fully developed critiques of books they haven't read and films they haven't seen. I'd probably include myself in that.
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When I come clean about my brokenness, others catch glimpses of how the real grace of a real God works in the messy life of a real person.
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We are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors, and we've managed over more than two centuries to create a way of life that allows for a reasonable degree of upward mobility, that prizes individual liberty, promotes freedom of religion and genuinely values equal rights for all citizens.
