Alaya Dawn Johnson Quotes

There are people with an explicit political bent complaining about people having political agendas while nominating stories with political agendas. Is it political to try to be diverse? Is it political to try to imagine a non-heteronormative society? Yes, because it involves politics. But how do they expect us to not write about our lives?

Alaya Dawn Johnson

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Nobody has a magic lamp which can tell you in advance whether what you say will be effective in persuading an audience.

Maurice Saatchi

MagicYouNobodySayWillLamp

I think all of this jogging and everything else shows the people want to be masters of their own bodies and environment.

Michael Frome

PeopleThinkEnvironmentWantOwn

If 'Fargo' is about anything, it's American madness.

Steve Erickson

AmericanMadnessAnythingAbout

I've been on stage plenty of times, and one of the things about being a stage actress is you have a 3-month run to revisit the story nightly and play it again.

Rosamund Pike

StoryYouPlayRunStageThings

Frankly, it's depressing, each night sleeping in someone else's home. I miss having a roof to my name. Our situation isn't an 'All in the Family' cliche, but it's still easy to see reality in plain terms: I live with my in-laws, and I can't say when that will change.

Rosecrans Baldwin

FamilyChangeHomeLiveNightName

I feel like people have more in common than the news reports. People getting along doesn't sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply depressing.

Mike Birbiglia

PeopleFeelFindNewsMoreSell

It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me.

Judith Light

MyselfMeRoadMoreSeeI See

People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude.

Jason Bateman

AttitudePeopleGayGoWayOut

At a time when many churches throughout the world are experiencing significant decreases in numbers, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - though small in comparison with many others - is one of the fastest growing churches in the world. As of September 2013, the Church has more than 15 million members around the world.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

TimeWorldSmallChurchNumbers

Basically, you're selling a world as an actor, right? I mean it's like any sales person: if you believe in your product, you know your product, you sell it a lot better.

Paul Walker

WorldBelieveBetterYouPerson

I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor.

Scott Thompson

HumorThinkAmericanLittleThan

Well, rather than to give you my impression on Los Angeles, per se, my older sister's husband is and American, therefore I have a pretty good idea of the, perhaps the characteristics of Americans in general.

Nobuo Uematsu

GoodSisterHusbandAmericanYou

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