John Grant Quotes

I could probably use some tips from a vocal trainer or something about breathing, but we all know it's not about technical prowess.

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• My first agent told me to change my name or I'd only play Jewish parts or Indians. Of course I refused to change it. Shortly thereafter she came up to me and told me I had to keep it, because her numerologist said it was very, very good.

  

  Malachi Throne
  • Up
  • Good
  • She

• I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.

  

  Kate Mara
  • Fear
  • Amazing
  • Water

• The emotions you see when you watch 'Narcos,' they're pretty much my emotions and the way I would react if I were there. It's not something you create; all of us have everything inside ourselves.

  

  Wagner Moura
  • Pretty
  • See
  • Emotions

• I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.

  

  Olivia Newton-John
  • Good
  • Day
  • Cancer

• Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Book

• General Hayden knows full well the powerful and invasive nature of metadata.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Nature
  • Powerful
  • Well

• Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.

  

  Harrison Salisbury
  • Language
  • Literature
  • Economics

• The process of discovery in my field is very incremental. But there are moments when you realize you know something about the world nobody else knows. That's extraordinarily exhilarating.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • World
  • Moments
  • Discovery

• I was a fan of T-Pain's music growing up. I bought 'Epiphany' and 'Rappa Ternt Sanga.'

  

  Quavo Migos
  • Up
  • Music
  • Growing

• I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Jesus
  • Off
  • Statue

• What's really happening is that every bank in the country is experimenting with the blockchain and experimenting with bitcoin to figure out where the value is. For the first time ever, they're working hand in hand with startups. Banks are asking startups for help to build products.

  

  Adam Draper
  • Time
  • Country
  • Help

• The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • World
  • Rights
  • Human Rights

• Derogatory against women - it seems that Trump is not too keen about having women around him, maybe except for his wife and daughter.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Women
  • Wife
  • Daughter

• I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music.

  

  Rafael Vinoly
  • Time
  • World
  • Music

• Import and substituting imports with domestic production are a big opportunity. With a devaluation of the rupee, imports get expensive, and for Indian manufacturers, this creates a huge opportunity.

  

  Baba Kalyani
  • Opportunity
  • Big
  • Expensive

• Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

  

  Garrett Hardin
  • Men
  • Society
  • Freedom

• I've made it very clear that building, maintaining, and fixing Maryland's roads and bridges is our top transportation priority, and it is a top priority of our administration.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Building
  • Priority
  • Bridges

• In waking, eating, working, dreaming, sleeping,Serving, meditating, chanting, divinely loving,My soul constantly hums, unheard by any;God, God, God!

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • God
  • Soul

• The post-war 'publish or perish' tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. ... One brilliant article should outweigh one mediocre book.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Book
  • War
  • Quality

• I truly don't know why the boys are getting all the votes - it could be because they are really amazing, and that's all there is to it. They're really, really good and every single boy deserves to be in the competition right now, and so do the two girls.

  

  Pia Toscano
  • Good
  • Why
  • Single

• The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory.

  

  David Sarnoff
  • Believe
  • Victory

• The number of industries, communities, habits, traditions, and even interpersonal interactions that Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize is massive.

  

  Erik Voorhees
  • Communities
  • Traditions
  • Industries

• Everybody, even all the people with talent and genius, they had their own kind of way. But there is one way they are all the same: They're very human, and they have this sense of giving to you. It doesn't matter what kind of way they're doing it, as long as it's getting to you-as long as you're on the same road.

  

  Anna Karina
  • People
  • Way
  • Talent

• I could probably use some tips from a vocal trainer or something about breathing, but we all know it's not about technical prowess.

  

  John Grant