John Grant Quotes
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Having committed ourselves to Iraq, we must prevail, and to prevail, we must fund all of the requirements for our military. We must do it adequately and promptly, and the administration is doing neither.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it.
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The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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If you want to get along, go along.
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I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is totally intoxicating to me.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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Che dolce più, che più giocondo statoSaria di quel d'un amoroso core?Se non fosse l'uom sempre stimulatoDa quel sospetto rio, da quel timore,Da quel martìr, da quella frenesia,Da quella rabbia detta gelosia.
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Because Oprah would be like 'DID YOU DO COOOOCAAAAAAINE???'
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They say your childhood influences your tastes and interests, or your approach if you're an artist. So what you create, whatever you saw, whatever your childhood was like - it influences how you're going to end up.
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I grew up singing in a church choir.
