Jonathan Ames Quotes
I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.
Quotes to Explore
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.
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I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don't.
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To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it.
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When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself.
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Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.
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Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.
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Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.
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I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn't think of many adult ones. I finally realized that we don't have many dreams for adults because, historically, people have always died much younger than they do today.
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It's interesting when you've been a partner with someone for so long. So now to sing solo and starting all over again I am learning that I am more bodacious than I thought. I don't know where it's coming from but I am glad.
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My advice is don't scrub your makeup off your eyes; be gentle.
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I don't want to make films for myself.
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My god! It's a hamster with explosives taped around it's waist!
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The way Jughead talks to Archie and vice versa is very much the way I would talk to my twin.
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Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
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Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
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I never thought I was going to go to work for my father's company.
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The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.
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It's mad what each generation vilifies. It's not necessarily to do with logic.
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A lot of actors said they hated the studio system, but I loved it. It was like a college; it was a great place to learn.
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I still want to make Kyra proud of the person I am - father, husband, actor, musician.
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I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.
