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Jason Lewis Quotes

I'm wary of the whole Los Angeles scene. I'm a California kid, but there's a difference between California and Los Angeles. L.A. is urban. California is restorative.

Jason Lewis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: June 25, 1971

Topics

Los Angeles California Kid Difference

I don't really think it's appropriate for me to be picking and choosing in the primaries. It's pretty dumb politics for a Republican to choose between Republicans in a contested primary because obviously you're going to be offending some people.

John Cornyn

Politics People Me Think You Choose

The sight of people sleeping on the streets hits us hardest around Christmas and New Year. We see them camped out alone on the freezing concrete, and we think, with a rush of guilt, about heading home to our families and our soft beds.

John Niven

Home Alone People Think Guilt Year

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

Jeanette Winterson

Listening Writing Language Everything

Watching someone getting really angry can be very funny - if it doesn't affect you, you can laugh at it, and the sillier the thing he's angry about, the funnier it is.

Michael Che

Funny Angry Laugh Someone You He

Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real.

Amy Grant

Shadow Color Black You Create Want

I was a huge Muppet fan growing up, but that was the extent of my puppet knowledge. I really loved the art form and the whole Henson universe.

Rob McClure

Knowledge Art Growing Up Loved Up

I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on.

Mike Nichols

Me Think Alive Page Task Something

My dad doesn't like religion much, but I grew up very close to the Baptist tradition. God isn't this distant thing. God is right here with you all the time. He's your buddy, and you can talk about everything.

Lucy Alibar

God Time Religion Tradition You Up

I was one of those kids who kept trying on different skins in high school. I was very afraid to be myself around all of these kids, to really reveal any part of myself that was true, so I would try on different skins, try on different masks, hoping I'd hit on one that was cool or quirky or interesting enough that suddenly I would be OK.

Jordan Gavaris

Myself School Cool High School True

The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord.

Jon Meacham

Marriage Women God Money Support

If you want to act, you have to devote yourself to it. Send out letters and photos every day, work all the hours under the sun, whatever it takes. If you're not determined, you won't get anywhere.

Christopher Parker

Work Day Yourself Sun You Every Day

Even though Haitian women are considered the 'poto mitan' - the 'central pillars' of the family and their communities - they are often the most underserved members of already poor communities.

Christy Turlington

Family Women Poor Women Are Even