Jonathan Ames Quotes
People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.
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In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.
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The Bureau doesn't have any secret files.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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The funny thing is I'm not even Latin. I was constantly getting Latin roles, and I was like, I even was nominated for an award, and I was like, 'Let them know at the NAACP, the first white woman. Let them know I'm totally grateful, but I'm not Latin. I can't do that. I play Latin.'
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After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.
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If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?
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I would never do an album with 10 songs like 'Jump Start' on it. I'll only go so far to please fans.
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I'm always trying to push for women's rights.
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I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
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I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.
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I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism.
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I am not mean at all; I am not tough at all.
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Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.
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Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.
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My parents didn't hide reality. I watched cartoons and the news with equal fascination.
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We don't live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing on our behalf.
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I have a friend who says that roles choose you at the time that you need them most, and you have to believe, as an actor, if you didn't get a part that you really, really wanted, and it went to someone else, it was because it was theirs to begin with.
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People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.
