And after I dropped him off, I took the longest possible route home... I explored alleys and hidden roads I never knew existed. I discovered neighborhoods entirely new to me. And finally... I discovered I was sick of this town and everything in it.
Jay Asher
Related I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person. ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au... ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about. ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media. ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive. ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ... ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken. ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows. ZARA PHILLIPS My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, real... ZARA PHILLIPS The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise tha... ZARA PHILLIPS In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. ... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don... ZARA PHILLIPS I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd ra... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one. ZARA PHILLIPS Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. KING JAMES I My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them... MARIE ANTOINETTE I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascina... WALLIS SIMPSON PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' bea... WALLIS SIMPSON I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the w... WALLIS SIMPSON I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave. WALLIS SIMPSON I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me. WALLIS SIMPSON A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compe... WALLIS SIMPSON Never explain, never complain. WALLIS SIMPSON You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance. WALLIS SIMPSON I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers. WALLIS SIMPSON For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. WALLIS SIMPSON Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting. WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin. WALLIS SIMPSON A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. KING SOLOMON It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most... FREDERICK THE GREAT Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All... KATE MIDDLETON There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. MARIE ANTOINETTE I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. MARIE ANTOINETTE I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It... QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. QUEEN VICTORIA I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman. KING JAMES I I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. CHARLES V I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister. KATE MIDDLETON It would be doing me great injustice to think that I have any feeling of indifference to my country;... MARIE ANTOINETTE I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble. AUGUSTUS A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. FREDERICK THE GREAT Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road... HUSSEIN OF JORDAN It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life. QUEEN CHRISTINA There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something. PRINCE CHARLES We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes. QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box. PRINCESS DIANA What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy? PRINCESS DIANA The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult period... PRINCESS DIANA
More Jay Asher
If you hear a song that makes you cry and you don’t want to cry anymore, you don’t listen to tha... JAY ASHER Looking down into her eyes, I couldn’t help telling her I was sorry. Sorry for waiting so long to ... JAY ASHER A lot of you cared, just not enough. JAY ASHER Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don’t understand. Thoughts that aren’t even true—that ... JAY ASHER You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ... JAY ASHER But you can't get away from yourself. You can't decide not to see yourself anymore. You can't decide... JAY ASHER Bullying has been around forever, and so it became one of these issues that as an adult we look back... JAY ASHER It's your heart. No one else gets a say in that. JAY ASHER I was in Las Vegas, and there was a exhibit of King Tut's tomb, and it was an audio tour. At the... JAY ASHER if my love were an ocean , There would be no more land. If my love were a desert , Yo... JAY ASHER Everything...affects everything JAY ASHER Fiction is an easy way to talk about issues: I think it feels less preachy. You can have the student... JAY ASHER Because when you're posed, you know someone's watching. You put on your very best smile. You let you... JAY ASHER That's why you did it. You wanted your world to collapse around you. You wanted everything to get as... JAY ASHER I sat. And I thought. And the more I thought, connecting the events in my life, the more my heart co... JAY ASHER No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have... JAY ASHER You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now. JAY ASHER Here's a tip. If you touch a girl, even as joke, and she pushes you off, leave... her... alone. Don'... JAY ASHER I miss the newness of Magic Eye posters, which really are amazing. JAY ASHER He’s always looking out windows, contemplating something. JAY ASHER Hannah wasn't my first kiss, but the first kiss that mattered: the first kiss with someone who matte... JAY ASHER Pero es más que sólo un arañazo. Es un puñetazo en el estómago y una bofetada en la cara. Es un... JAY ASHER After all, how often do we get a second chance? JAY ASHER And everyone knows you can’t disprove a rumor. JAY ASHER You can hear rumors. But you can't know them. JAY ASHER But sometimes there’s nothing left to do but move on. JAY ASHER I’m sorry.” Once again, those were the words. And now, anytime someone says I’m sorry, I’m g... JAY ASHER Fun drunks make a nice addition to any party. Not looking to fight. Not looking to score. Just looki... JAY ASHER I can't. You can't rewrite the past. JAY ASHER Maybe it didn’t seem like a big deal to you Zach. But now, I hope you understand. My world was col... JAY ASHER I'm listening to someone give up. Someone I knew—someone I liked. I'm listening... but still, I'm ... JAY ASHER A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, ho... JAY ASHER I hope you're ready, because I'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my l... JAY ASHER Like driving along a bumpy road and losing control of the steering wheel, tossing you—just a tad�... JAY ASHER I wanted people to trust me, despite anything they'd heard. And more than that, I wanted them to kno... JAY ASHER When you try rescuing someone and discover they can't be reached, why would you ever throw that back... JAY ASHER Soul Alone by Hannah Baker I meet your eyes you don't even see me You hardly re... JAY ASHER It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true. JAY ASHER If you hear a song that makes you cry and you don't want to cry anymore, you don't listen to that s... JAY ASHER Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don't understand. Thoughts that aren't even true—that aren... JAY ASHER If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land. If my love were a desert, you ... JAY ASHER You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a ... JAY ASHER Suicide. It's something I've been thinking about. Not too seriously, but I have been thinking about ... JAY ASHER Then come to realize that you're making mountains out of molehills. Realize how petty you've become.... JAY ASHER The Golden Rule will always be good advice! JAY ASHER Novels are a safe way to talk about things. JAY ASHER Nadie sabe lo que sucede en la vida de nadie, salvo en la propia. Y cuando le arruinas una parte de ... JAY ASHER I want to look back. To look over my shoulder and see the Stop sign with huge reflective letters, pl... JAY ASHER Josh turns to me. “I can’t believe she’s writing these things.” “Not she,” I say. “Me.... JAY ASHER Josh will begin disappearing into a future where the only place he and I remain friends is on the In... JAY ASHER No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people - Hannah Baker JAY ASHER And what about you-the rest of you-did you notice the scars you left behind? No. Probably not. JAY ASHER And what about you-the rest of you-did you notice the scars you left behind? No. Probably not. Becau... JAY ASHER Because what if I got to know you and you turned out to be just like they said? What if you weren’... JAY ASHER Because I've heard so many stories that I don't know which one is the most popular. But I do know wh... JAY ASHER His door is closed behind me. It's staying closed. He's letting me go. I think I've made m... JAY ASHER How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face? JAY ASHER And when you mess with one part of a person's life, you're not messing with just that part. When you... JAY ASHER With everything going on in my life – going on in my head – I wanted to talk with you. Really ta... JAY ASHER Or deep down, maybe there was more. Maybe I wanted someone to figure out who wrote the note and secr... JAY ASHER Emma:“He broke your heart! How can you call it love when he hurt you so badly?” Kellan... JAY ASHER I guess that's the point of it all. No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives ... JAY ASHER How can you call it love when it hurt you so badly?" "It was love because it was worth it... JAY ASHER I could picture life—school and everything else—continuing on without me. But I could not pictur... JAY ASHER Thank God I've never had the sort of intense fame that means you can't walk up the road. Tha... JANE ASHER With fantasy, one often has to think of a well-loved series before narrowing the selection to a favo... NEAL ASHER Gemmell's name guarantees a satisfying story and a thumping good read. I recommend all his heroi... NEAL ASHER Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me - I don't now sit at home doing a cak... JANE ASHER We're looking forward to the year. A lot of the kids came out in the summer. They did come out and i... ASHER COHEN There's a lot of senior experience. We're looking for some wins out there and looking toward winning... ASHER COHEN We'll talk a little more about strategy and closing out points. When they're up, they need to stay u... ASHER COHEN He started pushing the ball a little deeper. He needed to get some depth on his shots. He showed gre... ASHER COHEN There were some good matches, ... No. 1 singles was a long match and went down to the wire. J.J. McL... ASHER COHEN There were some good matches. No. 1 singles was a long match and went down to the wire. J.J. McLeod ... ASHER COHEN If I could time travel into the future, my first port of call would be the point where medical techn... NEAL ASHER It wasn't until I had been writing on and off for maybe ten years that I started to establish an... NEAL ASHER Love is never supposed to hurt. Love is supposed to heal, to be your haven from misery, to make livi... MIA ASHER There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and compl... JANE ASHER Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it s... JANE ASHER I think one wants lots of different lives. JANE ASHER I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, a... JANE ASHER I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow out... JANE ASHER I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own c... JANE ASHER I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. ... JANE ASHER Having done lifestyle books and being an actress, I suppose it made sense to bring the two together.... JANE ASHER Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me-I don't now sit at home doing a cake for ... JANE ASHER Acting has been very useful to me. JANE ASHER Online campaigning is becoming more commonplace. HERB ASHER Clearly, issues of ethics and corruption will be playing a significant role in our discussions of po... HERB ASHER You will most likely find a tremendous difference in opinion from certain Ohio universities. HERB ASHER The state, for a long period of time, has been undergoing a wrenching economic transformation. The r... HERB ASHER I think the Democrats have done a better job on voter registration efforts. Whether you can get thos... HERB ASHER When he comes to Ohio, the economy really gets emphasized. They have incorporated the fact that Ohio... HERB ASHER He's worked very hard on all fronts in the state. HERB ASHER Any state can make a difference, but when you look at the arithmetic, ... it's hard to imagine that ... HERB ASHER People perceive the campaign to be close, so that should stimulate people to vote. And the media env... HERB ASHER We wonder why we're electing Democrats and Republicans who seem to be more extreme than the average ... HERB ASHER There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today. JOE ASHER Mobile gaming is the next step of gambling technology because it allows the patron to gamble when he... JOE ASHER We're looking forward to the next step in the process, and it's a process that will go on over a per... JOE ASHER Pools, that are used by people as they are meant to be used, are not making them (casinos) any money... JOE ASHER I'm really proud of what we've done ? and I say we because it's been the coaches and the community. JOE ASHER We're budgeted for this year. We did the budgeting for this year in the spring, so our year is set. ... JOE ASHER The gas situation is a concern. But we'll meet our obligations. If the gas prices remain high, as I ... JOE ASHER Security is a big deal and we are very familiar with it because we operate in that world today. JOE ASHER We were the ones who started the process, but we always expected others would join the party. The ga... JOE ASHER It will be up to the Gaming Control Board to determine when they are satisfied with the technology. ... JOE ASHER It could be a sea change, but I don't think so. I think it's more circumstances than anything else. ... JOHN ASHER I think it just shows the strength and popularity of the Derby at this point. A few weeks ago our li... JOHN ASHER We've had eight before, but nine has got to be the very outer edge. JOHN ASHER We would certainly love to welcome her back somewhere down the road. JOHN ASHER We do not condone the sale of Kentucky Derby tickets for higher than face value. JOHN ASHER It was something that Jenny felt she had to do. I still love her very much and always will, and we w... JOHN ASHER There were some concerns out in the public. I wouldn't call it an outcry, but there were some concer... JOHN ASHER He is as much a part of the Derby tradition as the Twin Spires themselves, JOHN ASHER It's prudent to take every precaution you can. JOHN ASHER Trinity College Dublin needed a high performance, scalable, yet affordable solution to accelerate im... JOHN ASHER Listening to my regular favourites - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and so on - I always feel, quite misg... JANE ASHER My favourite place to write is at my desk in my house in the mountains of Crete. I produce more ther... NEAL ASHER The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no us... JANE ASHER This is the most serious single event in two years of trauma for energy consumers. British Gas is no... ALLAN ASHER This is the bleakest day yet for energy consumers. ALLAN ASHER This is the most serious single event in two years of trauma for energy consumers. ALLAN ASHER Omri is clearly laying it on the line for his father. The big question is what is revealed during th... ASHER MAOZ The situation does not reflect a terminal illness but it indicates an ailment that must be paid atte... ASHER ARIAN I think the influence of Sharon is enormous. Without Sharon, it would be a different political situa... ASHER ARIAN It will take a while to set up a coalition. It will take a while to massage the partners into willin... ASHER ARIAN These workers want to be able to choose how to form a union. RENEE ASHER It's an incredible step forward. Now we just have to make it happen. RENEE ASHER As the country's largest union of healthcare providers we prize patient care and have no intention o... RENEE ASHER [The workers] were delighted and happy that the university was engaged and taking responsibility for... RENEE ASHER They have done what they set out to do ... to engage the wider community in their fight for civil ri... RENEE ASHER Well, for the reasons I mention above, although I am not sure the live shows were really so brillian... PETER ASHER The best music of any era lasts well, I think. PETER ASHER Shows were very different then - even as the headliner we did a very short set by today's standards ... PETER ASHER Paul and I don't see that much of each other these days, but I certainly still regard him as a frien... PETER ASHER I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decad... PETER ASHER I am still working with music, but Gordon and I no longer perform together. PETER ASHER This is a complex and unique deal, which I believe will benefit not only all parties involved, but, ... PETER ASHER astonishing, and profoundly depressing, that any mother would write a book containing numerous alleg... PETER ASHER [In addition to helping select the title, Frances Bean also played a role in choosing the cover imag... PETER ASHER numerous substantial inaccuracies and several scurrilous falsehoods. PETER ASHER This mountain, the arched back of the earth risen before us, it made me feel humble, like a beggar, ... BRIDGET ASHER They say being in love and loving someone are two different things, right? I mean, you love your bes... MIA ASHER In this century, the Australian Century, Australia will also have an opportunity to achieve extraord... ASHER JUDAH My mum taught me that redheads shouldn't wear pink, red or orange, but if you choose the right s... JANE ASHER I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm t... NEAL ASHER And, when the revolutionary cries that he is fighting for ‘freedom’, be sure to go running away ... NEAL ASHER For me, the writing process is the same as the reading process. I want to know what happens next. NEAL ASHER After that day, I discovered one indelible truth. I discovered that love wasn’t everything that ma... MIA ASHER Nukes, crime, repression -- these are the key aspects of support for the North Korean leadership. DAVID ASHER There's no doubt this is the most powerful reverberation we've ever had on North Korea. Cutting into... DAVID ASHER North Korea is the only government in the world today that can be identified as being actively invol... DAVID ASHER In order to rebuild you need to have substantial net worth of your own. There is no institutional as... HAROLD ASHER We don't have a drug store or a workout facility. I find it hard to believe this is the United State... HAROLD ASHER What you won't see is people on the streets. HAROLD ASHER It was strange how loud the world was when you weren't filling it up with your own noise. BRIDGET ASHER You’ve got to work hard to pay for life, party harder to enjoy life, and love hardest to live life... MIA ASHER The thing about being selfish is that you don't care if someone is at your feet begging you to stay ... MIA ASHER You need to look the fucking sick joke that is life straight in the eye and tell it to bring its fuc... MIA ASHER Sometimes not being in control, not being able to think, just losing yourself in the moment, is the ... MIA ASHER Really, lies are so easy to tell when you don't care anymore, or when you have lost all shame. That ... MIA ASHER Falling in love with the wrong person is easy. Falling in love with the right person is easier. But ... MIA ASHER Love is infinite. There is no beginning and no end. There's no starting point and no finishing line.... MIA ASHER But then again love is a dirty, bloody, messy game. Love doesn’t give a fuck about rules or honest... MIA ASHER I missed my mother and Elysius. It wasn't that I wanted them with me at that very moment. I wanted t... BRIDGET ASHER These recent economic numbers show Ohio has the worst economy in the nation. But that's not somethin... HERB ASHER Quantum phenomena do not occur in a ASHER PERES It was a good performance by Nick. He shut down the bottom of their order, and that's what he has to... MATT ASHER I thought we played well. We came out and proved that we can be one of top teams in district by beat... MATT ASHER People ask what the secret of a happy marriage is. If there is one, it's 'don't talk abo... JANE ASHER When no one need you to comeback home..
Keep strong...
Because they are still a home for you..
Your ... JAY No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. JOHN JAY Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in ... JAY-Z My mom had early rap records, like Jimmy Spicer. In the middle of the records was a turntable and a ... JAY-Z When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that&... JAY KAY I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What y... JAY-Z Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because i... JAY-Z I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never ... JAY-Z Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama... JAY-Z One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That... JAY-Z I don't sit around with my friends and talk about money, ever. On a record, that's different... JAY-Z All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I'm feeling at the... JAY-Z It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You... JAY-Z I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard. JAY-Z The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need, it's th... JAY-Z I treat people based on who they really are, not the name. Everyone has to be respectful and be a hu... JAY-Z I love what I do, and when you love what you do, you want to be the best at it. JAY-Z Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. JAY-Z I've never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort... JAY-Z The silencing of the rainforests is a double deforestation, not only of trees but a deforestation of... JAY GRIFFITHS Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great. JAY-Z Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court sh... JAY-Z Clearly, many branches of science need an exquisite precision of timekeeping and the infinitesimal d... JAY GRIFFITHS It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire ... JAY-Z We are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors, and we've managed over more than two cent... JAY PARINI I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so M... JAY-Z The U.S. invaded Vietnam because many in our government - Lyndon Johnson's best and brightest - ... JAY PARINI You get to a point in your career, I think, it's not even about money. You're secure. You wa... JAY CUTLER We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out. JAY MCSHANN