John Grant Quotes
I still deal with triggers and neuroses that I've developed over the decades. But I do think I have a great amount of compassion for people who feel that they don't fit in, or people who feel they have trouble finding their place in this world.
Quotes to Explore
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond that stereotype and stretching beyond the box that people put you in.
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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GM has never been about feeding the world or tackling environmental problems. It is and has always been about control of the global food economy by a tiny handful of giant corporations. It's not wicked to question that process. It is wicked not to.
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
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Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
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I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'
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The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
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The digital asset that matters is trust. Awareness first, then interaction, and maybe a habit, but all three mean nothing if they don't lead to permission and trust. The privilege of connection. Everything else is slippery.
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I personally prefer being a blonde, but whatever it takes for the character.
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The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject matter is there.
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But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.
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I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.
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I still deal with triggers and neuroses that I've developed over the decades. But I do think I have a great amount of compassion for people who feel that they don't fit in, or people who feel they have trouble finding their place in this world.
