Jay Parini Quotes
The United States is truly remarkable, a nation founded on a set of Enlightenment ideals so beautifully expressed by the Declaration of Independence and codified in the U.S. Constitution. We should feel good about our ideals, even when we don't quite manage to live up to them.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.
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Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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We saw - we conducted the experiment. I mean, it's been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw Apple without Steve Jobs. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. Now, we're gonna see Apple without Steve Jobs.
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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.
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I want people to recognize me for the work I do now as a model, and not something I did three years ago.
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I just don't see myself as retiring. As long as I'm healthy and can play the drums, that's what I'm going to do because that's the most fun thing that I know how to do.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at.
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The United States is truly remarkable, a nation founded on a set of Enlightenment ideals so beautifully expressed by the Declaration of Independence and codified in the U.S. Constitution. We should feel good about our ideals, even when we don't quite manage to live up to them.
