Leslie Jamison Quotes

You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail - called The Twin Towers - isn't beautiful at all; it's a stucco panopticon the color of sick flesh.

Leslie Jamison

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I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

John Wooden

MoreUpThanBuiltElseAnyone

Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.

Steve Carlton

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Some artists are able to pull off a very form-fitting, painted-on look that's very modern, but I have actually come around to embracing the idea that that these costumes are more like athletic uniforms than high-tech skin suits.

Stuart Immonen

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Characters are often revealed by the ways they misapprehend others.

Robert Boswell

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I went to church every Sunday and sang in the choir. But for all that the church gave me - for all that it represented belonging, love and community - it also shut its doors to me as a gay person. That experience left me with the lifelong desire to explore the power of religion to transform lives or destroy them.

Roger Ross Williams

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I didn't really listen to music when I was doing homework or when I - when I work on a script. I tend to drift to NPR and news.

Ron Howard

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I feel more like an artist than a pop star, and I accidentally fell into what I do. Everything was just an experiment.

Roisin Murphy

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On my first day in office as Ohio attorney general, I authorized Ohio to join the multistate lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare.

Mike DeWine

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When you write a song, you don't ask if it's good or not, or if it's gonna sell. When you write a song, you ask whether you've reached deep inside your heart and whether it's honest.

Michael Masser

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I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed.

Janis Karpinski

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I'm an actor. It's my job.

Brittany Murphy

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As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

Alice Walker

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