Jonathan Ames Quotes
A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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It was always my dream, to do a leading role on Broadway. It's what I went to college to do, in hopes of one day someone taking a chance on me and saying, 'You know what? You're going to be our girl.'
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The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.
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We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates.
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High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.
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When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill.
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Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not.
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Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to advise and consent to the appointment of all Cabinet officials. They should take that duty seriously.
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One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the handling of the surface or grain, and one must master it as a whole.
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A universal love is not only psychologically possible; it is the only complete and final way in which we are able to love.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.
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Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
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My mind was so geared towards being a performing artist, singing all these classical pieces, but the sense of loneliness I got when I moved from New York to El Paso meant that writing turned into singing. I'd sing all these songs, and they'd make me feel better. Songs that crafted the way my life was going to go.
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A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.
