Johann Lamont Quotes
My biggest ambition is to bring together what happens in the real world with what politicians talk about.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
-
We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
-
When you fall in love, you become weak.
-
Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
-
There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.
-
The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
-
I love anything to do with history.
-
Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
-
There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
-
With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
-
If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
-
It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another.
-
I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
-
In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.
-
We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we're trying to save.
-
I wasn't a great debater.
-
What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.
-
Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the world?
-
Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food.
-
With confidence you believe you can overcome your weaknesses. With arrogance you don't even see your weaknesses.
-
It was with 9/11 that I came to fully appreciate and embrace NPR's irreplaceability as a sanity preserver, its unique virtues as first responder on the burning scene.
-
We are in an extremely precarious and urgent situation that compels immediate action
-
The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able men whose thoughts and deeds have moved the world, have come down from the mountains - mountain-dwellers who have grown strong there with the forest trees in Nature's workshops.
-
My biggest ambition is to bring together what happens in the real world with what politicians talk about.
