James Ransone Quotes

I'm friends with a lot of Brits, and they tell me when they're over here what a huge phenomenon 'The Wire' has become. Some things just attain critical mass after they're already dead and buried, and I don't know why it was the case with 'The Wire'.

James Ransone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 2, 1979

Topics

MeFriendsKnowWhyBecomeDead

I was at UC Berkeley as an undergrad when my father lost a lot of money in real estate investments in Northern California. He wanted a change of pace, so in the early '90s, my family moved to L.A., right in the middle of Tehrangeles. It was a culture shock for me.

Maz Jobrani

FamilyChangeFatherCultureMoney

My dad had a company, and there were various films that hadn't gone into production that I'm trying to nurture.

Max Minghella

TryingCompanyProductionGoneWere

I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.

John Lasseter

GreatPeopleMeBelieveBusyPride

Your true friends will tell you what they believe is true.

Matt Hardy

BelieveFriendsYouTrueWillTell

What makes the Universal Declaration an epochal document is first of all its global impetus and secondly the breadth of its claims, a commitment to a new social contract, binding on all the Governments of the world.

John Polanyi

CommitmentWorldNewFirstContract

The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

LifePeopleThinkFamousMy Life

I started making art with art therapy. It's what I know how to do. I got a lot of criticism for that when I was in school. But I think it works for me.

Mickalene Thomas

ArtSchoolMeThinkCriticismKnow

The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.

Michael Mandelbaum

AmericanPoliticalTryingOpenWho

My marriage is far from perfect. We're not hand-holdy and soft. We are snippy and bickery. We sleep in separate beds because we have no tolerance of each other's night-time idiosyncrasies.

Lisa Jewell

MarriageSleepTolerancePerfectFar

The sun's going down and we can't afford to come back to it tomorrow.

Desmond Harrington

TomorrowSunBackDownGoingCome

If you don't pay your taxes and you don't answer the warrant and you don't go to court, eventually someone will pull a gun. Eventually someone with a gun will show up. I want everything the government does to be done, I just want it to be done voluntarily.

Penn Jillette

GovernmentGunSomeoneYouGoDone

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally.

Shawn Ashmore

KnowRumorsAlwaysThingsLast

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