Jenji Kohan Quotes

I don't set out to write female lead shows, necessarily. I like deeply flawed characters. When they come to me, or when I'm introduced to them, I follow the stories and the people, rather than setting out to do a female lead thing.

Jenji Kohan

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PeopleMeWriteFollowLeadOut

When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will be creating a cascade of change.

Joel A. Barker

ChangeWorldRippleYouCreating

I care so much less, now, about going up the ladder; if I cared about the ladder I would be doing it all very wrong.

Joely Richardson

CareDoingWrongNowLadderUp

We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy.

John McCain

PeopleDemocracySocietyDangerous

For my first Bollywood movie, 'Ekk Deewana Tha,' my mum also came over because Mumbai was completely new to me, and I'd heard it's a huge city.

Amy Jackson

CityMeNewFirstMumbaiOver

On 'Idol,' Steven Tyler will be sitting at a table with two other judges, and part of his job will be keeping his yap zipped while they talk. This makes no sense at all, since Tyler has zero yap-zipping skills.

Rob Sheffield

JobTableSkillsSittingWillTalk

My patient population has a low recidivism rate, but if they haven't made up their minds that it is permanent, then of course, they will fail.

Robert Atkins

WillMindsPatientPermanentFail

Mary and Jesus had this extraordinary relationship between them. What a teacher Mary is, really. It is the ultimate trusting; that she had to trust God, that she was so privileged to be the mother of the Savior, that she had to stand there as a mother and watch her son being murdered and trust that that is what he came to do.

Roma Downey

MotherSonGodRelationshipTeacher

I am a huge fan of Sheila Hicks.

Michelle Grabner

I AmFanAmHuge FanHuge

If 'Black Balloon' had come out before 'The Mummy,' casting agents wouldn't have been able to see me for the first time in 'The Mummy.' But now that 'The Mummy' has come out before 'The Black Balloon,' that's a very good combination.

Luke Ford

GoodTimeMeBlackNowBalloon

By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation: those of the politician, the salesman or the charlatan... In other words, it forfeits its own evolutionary potential.

Joseph Brodsky

WordsSocietyPotentialListenOwn

My parents liked to go dancing, and they encouraged all of us to bring our friends home. My brother had a skiffle group, and there would often be dancing in the house. And my parents would come and dance with us.

Diana Quick

HomeDanceBrotherParentsFriends

Cyber terrorism could also become more attractive as the real and virtual worlds become more closely coupled, with automobiles, appliances, and other devices attached to the Internet.

Dorothy Denning

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