Johann Lamont Quotes
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Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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I just want to do my job.
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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But I think we need the international market.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I get angry real quick, but I also cool down just as fast. Albanians don't want to deal with anything in the moment.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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I was a pretty nice kid. Kind of quiet, but quiet in terms I wasn't going out and setting fire to anything. I had a big mouth and I was creative type, you know.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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I grew up in a house full of women - I have four sisters. I'm more feminine than some gay men.
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The greenish sky glows up in misty reds, The purple shadows turn to brick and stone,The dreams wear thin, men turn upon their beds, And hear the milk-cart jangle by alone.
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I've got to be out doing a million things. That's how I find stories. That's how I get the relationships and get the projects that I get with the writers, the directors.
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Sometimes we wait for thunderclaps, drumrolls, and clarion calls to alert us to what's important when, actually, it's most often the subtle and persistent signals around us that make the most difference.
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Maybe I was just born to argue with men.
