Jonathan Ames Quotes
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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I think when it comes to pop I'm past the point of curiosity. I admit to a full-on obsession with it, and I think it's getting worse, actually.
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How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity.
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Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?
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I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
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If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off this winter than last winter. I'm always itching to get back in the car. It's going to get harder, so I've got to make sure that I'm doing everything I possibly can do to make sure I can start next season how I ended this season.
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Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.
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I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.
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The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots of the state. Instead, it was satisfied to replace the top of the pyramid with newly elected, but inexperienced, leaders.
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I look a lot like my father and his mother.
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I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
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I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment.
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What worries me is the professionalism of everything.
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I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.
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Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.
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Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment of a wounded pride of intellect, through disappointment of heart. He will reveal inordinate affections-thin gs over which we never thought He would have to get us alone.
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To me, evil comes when you have a choice between that and good, and you choose the wrong way.
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In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.
