Jay Parini Quotes

The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century.

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• Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Personally
  • Lean
  • Lyrically

• My father's name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad's namesake. But it's hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, 'No one capitalizes my D!'

  

  KaDee Strickland
  • Born
  • Name
  • Fathers

• I am fighting my natural body shape to do what I do.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Fighting
  • Body

• Put paying your dues and all that puts so much into being a success. You have an understanding of what it's about, being on your own for three or four years and living day to day on $3, or living in an apartment with no electricity.

  

  Taylor Kitsch
  • Success
  • Day
  • Understanding

• I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Yoga
  • Healthy
  • Run

• I have always loved fashion because it's a great way to express your mood. And I'm definitely a shoe lover. The right pair of shoes can change the feel of an outfit, and even change how a woman feels about herself. A woman can wear confidence on her feet with a high stiletto, or slip into weekend comfort with a soft ballet flat.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Change
  • Fashion
  • Confidence

• I have a cat named Dandelion.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Cat
  • Named

• A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

  

  Harold S. Geneen
  • People
  • True
  • Door

• I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • Feel
  • I Can
  • I Feel

• Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Beauty
  • Mirror
  • Hours

• I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
  • Mother
  • Me
  • Purple

• Non-violent extremism is essentially the increase of intolerant and bigoted demands made by groups seeking to dominate society.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Society
  • Increase
  • Dominate

• A mom has to be ready for anything.

  

  Lara Spencer
  • Mom
  • Anything
  • Ready

• I like to write about painting because I think visually. I see my writing as blocks of color before it forms itself. I think I also care about painting because I'm not musical. Painting to me is not a metaphor for writing, but something people do that can never be reduced to words.

  

  A. S. Byatt
  • People
  • Writing
  • Words

• The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.

  

  Orlando Gibbons
  • Death
  • Silent
  • Silver

• It's important to not marginalize any people group in fiction. A complete, authentic-feeling world should include many different elements of life and culture. For this reason, my books will almost always contain people of faith.

  

  Rae Carson
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• There were subjects we tackled that had never been even discussed, like I had an abortion. Nobody ever talked about that.

  

  Bea Arthur

• Thinta flew safely, and I realized how much I preferred being with Hergal and feeling the blood drain out of my head with fright. Actually when I’m with Hergal I always realize how much I prefer being with Thinta and not feeling the blood drain out of my head with fright.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Feeling

• I played this character twice in live action, and now I've become an animated character. It was actually fun to see myself drawn - I've never been a drawn character before.

  

  Geena Davis
  • Live
  • Character
  • Fun

• I am a great champion.

  

  Bernard Hopkins
  • Great
  • Champion

• But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt.

  

  Michael Stipe R.E.M.
  • People
  • Country
  • American

• One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

  

  Euripides
  • Word
  • Deeds
  • Despondent

• Such letters...from the FDA, are, filled with objectively demonstrable lies, practiced deceptions and deviousness, red herrings, directed misinformation, misdirected information, etc. ...Once FDA-NCI-AMA-ACS...concedes that Laetrile anti-tumor efficacy was indeed even once observed...a permanent crack in bureaucratic armor has taken place.

  

  Dean Burk
  • Permanent
  • FDA
  • Misinformation

• The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century.

  

  Jay Parini