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Josh Pais Quotes

My father was born in Amsterdam in a highly religious family. He was in Amsterdam, and he went into hiding right near where Anne Frank was. He was a theoretical physicist and the last Jew to get a Ph.D. in Amsterdam.

Josh Pais

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: June 21, 1958

Topics

Family Father Born Right Hiding Get

So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just don't find honest. I think it's this idea of - you know, we're told, well, 'Be a man, be a man.' But what does that mean, exactly? Does that mean you can't carry yourself with any fear? That you can't acknowledge that you're scared?

Joe Carnahan

Fear Man Yourself Think View You

What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are, like, secretaries at law firms or nurses or just more blue collar. And I was in a baseball team. I used to be, like, a really big tomboy.

Melonie Diaz

Family Baseball Blue Team Law More

A program can be considered a success even if it is low-rated.

Jeff Bewkes

Success Even Program Considered

The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create.

Jeff Bezos

People Book Create Narrative Really

Potato salad is very personal: everyone makes theirs differently.

Trisha Yearwood

Personal Salad Everyone Potato Very

You can't be afraid of rejection. That was one of my problems when I was approaching girls: I was always afraid of what they were going to say to me.

Trevor Jackson

Me Problems Rejection You Say Going

At university, one of my areas of study was Victorian literature, so I decided to see if I could write a novel as carefully planned and constructed as those of George Eliot, but with the narrative energy of Dickens.

Michel Faber

Energy Literature Write Study See

No one else has performed in a play after they've died, and I want to be the first person to do it.

Del Close

Person Play Want First Be The First

The benefits of prison education go beyond lowering recidivism rates and increasing post-release employment. It can also rekindle a sense of purpose and confidence.

Clint Smith

Education Confidence Purpose Prison

Iran is a bad and dangerous actor in a volatile region of the world, which is why Congress enacted sanctions in response to the ballistic missile program and support for terrorist proxy groups. We must hold senior Iranian leadership accountable for destabilizing actions in the region and around the world.

Brad Schneider

Leadership Support World Bad Why

I was acting when I was playing baseball.

Bob Uecker

Baseball Acting Playing

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

Ansel Adams

Communication Art Creative Ideas