John Grant Quotes
I'm very proud that I have learned German and Russian. Especially Russian, because of how difficult and beautiful it is and because of how much I struggled in the beginning to get my head around how it works.
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The mind must be cured as well as the body, as the mind so is the body.
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
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Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
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They are uncomfortable talking about sex because they don't want people to think they know about it.
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All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.
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I'm incredibly proud of 'Life On Mars' and 'Doctor Who.' They're just a blast to do.
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Performing for the Dalai Lama - those are words I never imagined coming out of my mouth.
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I think, in general, independents don't have a lot of access to really good scriptwriters or actors or actresses, so they're very limited in what they can do.
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I'm very proud that I have learned German and Russian. Especially Russian, because of how difficult and beautiful it is and because of how much I struggled in the beginning to get my head around how it works.
