Jonathan Ames
Related BARNEY FRANK BRYSON TILLER I don't pay attention to stats or anything like that. I just pay attention to how I play and the... AUSTIN SEFERIAN-JENKINS Aye, well, I've got my garden. LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing. LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds, LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument. LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ... LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w... LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t... LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start. LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec... LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said. LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said. LIKE I Married to the Mob. LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge. LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i... LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick? LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said. LIKE I BRYAN CRANSTON KEVIN GATES Well the press and things like that are pretty hard core, but I don't pay too much attention to that... HOLLY VALANCE Men don't pay attention to small things. KATHERINE JOHNSON GEORGE CLOONEY Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style. OLIVIA CULPO We like to mix things up so you'll pay more attention. ANDREW H. CARD JR DANICA PATRICK JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT Without first setting your goals correctly, it is impossible to focus on a plan to achieve them. Tha... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN AZIM PREMJI ELLIE GOULDING JACK OSBOURNE You have to pay attention, like with tours and expenses; you have to factor that all in. You want to... ZAKK WYLDE I don't just act to pay my rent. I really like doing it, so I get frustrated when I don't ge... MACKENZIE DAVIS I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to ... OREN PELI CHARLIZE THERON WALE A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about... ALICIA KEYS I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think somethin... DONNA SUMMER CAMERON RUSSELL I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES MARIA SHARAPOVA Of course the Liberal Democrats are going to say things to try and get attention - but I don't t... GEORGE OSBORNE It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - a... PAUL GIAMATTI BETHANY MCLEAN I would like to think that people pay attention. IRENE TONER The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are importa... LAMAR ODOM GRACE JONES Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, ... GREG ILES Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it. , TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS RACHEL NICHOLS JOE PATERNO MOSES MALONE ELLEN DEGENERES Sometimes I'm overly blunt. I don't like to mince words. I like to get things done. That'... PAUL LEPAGE I don't pay any attention to that (rankings). I like being ignored and staying under the radar. DIANE TULLER I kind of feel like I didn't have much choice. The songs... the playing... those were the only t... CHARLIE WORSHAM PATRICIA HIGHSMITH JOYCE CAROL OATES ISRAELMORE AYIVOR GUY FIERI CARINE ROITFELD KIRSTEN DUNST AMY SEDARIS BILL CUNNINGHAM PETER STEELE I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my... CARRIE MAE WEEMS LOU REED BRUCE RAUNER I have learned that I will not pay any attention to anything people say about my movies, because peo... PAOLO SORRENTINO CAMERON DALLAS I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS I have musical ADD, so I like to switch things up. CASEY ABRAMS I always have a lot of things going on because some things take years to make and others take five m... URS FISCHER Fate.BELLA ANDRE RICKI-LEE COULTER I have a God-given talent and I work very hard for what I do. Anybody can run fast. It's how you... MAURICE GREENE BILL MURRAY Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't b... LARRY NORMAN LARRY KING CAITLIN MORAN LUCAS TILL BUSY PHILIPPS JACK CANFIELD JACK CANFIELD I don't like acting things; I like feeling things. DOUGRAY SCOTT EARL CAMPBELL JASPER FFORDE I like some things other people don't like, and they like stuff I don't like. BUTCH TRUCKS
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