John Grant Quotes
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.
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Usually in TV... A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium.
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I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
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First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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Challenging and highlighting abusive power dynamics in our culture is my goal; replicating them is not.
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As a child, I thought, 'Once I am a grown-up, there will be no more fear, no more worries,' and it turns out that's not true.
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Yes, I've kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but that's it. I don't go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot.
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I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I started singing in pubs and clubs around Belfast when I was 10. My dad is a musician, and he took me 'round; I impersonated Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey, and the crowd couldn't believe what was coming out of this little girl.
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I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.
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I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.
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I'm not opposed to comics on the Internet. It's just not interesting to me.
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The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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You can say no to people who make you feel bad about yourself. To people who backstab you or make you feel anxious in any way.
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We just wanted to do a chip that tasted great, but wasn't bad for you.
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Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er, got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first.
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Actually it seems to me that one can hardly say anything either bad enough or good enough about life.
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When we make our own calculations, we need so many numbers and factors that any mistake is possible. The Lord's calculation boils down to love.
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Most of the bad things that have happened to me happened in Denver.
