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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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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You can not only do great things for an urban core by moving your employee base there, you're also going to be a better business.
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Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate.
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Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.
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The comic book fans, especially 'X-Men' fans, are so serious about their comic book.
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Kate Moss. She looks good in anything. She would look good in one of your t-shirts, in her t-shirt, in a man's suit, in a huge gown. She looks amazing naked. She even makes nude look stylish. That, to me, is a style icon. She could put a barrel on and it would be some sort of statement.
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I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.
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You can only see what you believe-nothing else is possible.
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I like to make them wait, then I make them beg. And when I take off my clothes, then I form a third leg.
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Maybe I was just born to argue with men.
