Jay Parini Quotes
I have a mystical bent, and I pursue daily meditations that follow the liturgical calendar - what are called the 'daily offices' of the church.Jay Parini
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I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.
Gabriel Iglesias -
I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. -
I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
Sam Smith -
By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
Eamon de Valera -
If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
Salman Rushdie -
When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.
Malala Yousafzai
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
Walter Winchell -
Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
Barry Sanders -
Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.
Barbara Amiel -
After Madrid, we intensified our investigative efforts once again, and we are in the process of bringing about expansions in security laws and creating an index file system.
Otto Schily -
You can't hit what you can't see.
Walter Johnson -
Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
Abraham Maslow
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There's good economic progress in Malaysia. People have a lot to look forward to.
Najib Razak -
It's so nice that there's all this new space for new, good content. It's good news for us actors, since nobody makes real independent films anymore.
Gaby Hoffmann -
By being friends with all, we are not alone.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa -
Growing up, I always wanted to be in punk bands, so I'm really enjoying the harder, heavier element. It's always been my dream to have people moshing at my gig, kind of that really feral element of the music coming out more. I love crowd-surfing.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
On TV, if you fluff your lines, nobody gives a toss. But if you fluff a penalty in the World Cup, well - we all know how much that matters.
Gary Lineker -
I have done the company lifestyle for 16 years, and ballet has changed.
Carla Korbes
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There's the pressure of being a No. 1 on the call sheet, being a lead actor. There's almost this feeling like being captain of the team. You want to put a bit of energy into actually setting a good example.
Joel Edgerton -
Loving you is a full-time job. It's a great job, don't get me wrong. It's the best job in the universe. But it's not easy.
Carrie Jones -
I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books.
Paulo Coelho -
I know it's weird, but it does make it easier to write poetry in perl.
Larry Wall -
I'd done plays in middle school, done some for the church in high school, but I had no intention of ever being a professional actor.
Jovan Adepo -
I have a mystical bent, and I pursue daily meditations that follow the liturgical calendar - what are called the 'daily offices' of the church.
Jay Parini