AJ McLean (Alexander James McLean) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'
-
I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'This is me, this is who I am' because, like, even the question, 'Tell me about yourself' - what are you supposed to say? 'Ooh, I'm a happy girl, but I'm sad, too'? People are so complex.
-
People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
-
For 'Breaking Bad,' people were with Walter White for 99% of that show, even though that guy is a monster.
-
Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
-
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
-
I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.
-
Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
-
I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
-
I always joke with people that having nephews is the best birth control there is.
-
My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
-
I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.
-
I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.
-
I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
-
I'm the one who often makes the 'Murder, She Wrote' reference, and ABC hates that, they don't want me to do that. And I say that having never actually watched 'Murder, She Wrote'. I think people have been trying to compare it to crime shows that are on right now, and all I can do is listen. I don't watch a lot of TV.
-
Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
-
I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.
-
Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful.
-
When we talk about the word 'socialism,' I think what it really means is just democratic participation in our economic dignity and our economic, social, and racial dignity. It is about direct representation and people actually having power and stake over their economic and social wellness, at the end of the day.
-
Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn't be carried off. He walked off.
-
I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.
-
Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.
-
Broadway's never my end goal because of the plays I write. These are tough plays. Of course there's a lot of humor, but my goal is just to reach as wide an audience as possible, however that happens.
-
Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.
