John Grant Quotes
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.
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The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.
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I never judge my own songwriting. It's just my heart. What's there to judge about your own heart?
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
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Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
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I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.
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I'm very, very focused on my children. In fact, I'm very religious about having breakfast with them every morning, having dinner with them every evening, and spend all the weekends with them that I don't work. So as long as I'm not traveling, I'm always with them and I go to their soccer and tennis matches.
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I always tell people I'm very large in Uzbekistan.
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When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.
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The Clinton Administration has turned out to be a boon. I knew that he would be wonderful, I just knew it from the beginning. From Arkansas? Shoot.
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I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?
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He could afford to be generous, since he didn’t have to pay for it himself. Most virtues were like that. People could take pride in how virtuous they were, but the fact was that as soon as virtue got expensive or inconvenient, it was amazing how fast it gave way to practical concerns.
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I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life.
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Man is a social animal.
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You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills.
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I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.
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My mother was a very sweet soul and a beautiful person, but she had a lot of fear.
