John Grant Quotes
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
Gary Larson
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
Gaston Bachelard
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When I think of influential females in hip-hop, my mind goes to Foxy Brown, hands down.
Action Bronson
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
Val Kilmer
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
La'Porsha Renae
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
Frances McDormand
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I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen.
Uzo Aduba
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
Valentina Matviyenko
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
Randy Moss
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I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.
Ralph Stanley
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
H. L. Mencken
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
Samantha Bond
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
Zachary Quinto
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Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!
Carice van Houten
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With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.
Gay Talese
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
Wendell Pierce
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What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
Nate Powell
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I'm an early riser, which is sometimes a drag when I have late-night concerts. But I prefer to wake up early - say, 8:30 - and maybe take a nap during the day.
Cyrille Aimee
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They consistently hobble artists' in the name of selling more units then are surprised when the fans don't buy the lukewarm music this produces. So they then drop the artist.
Malcolm Wilson
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My love for American music and American movies is from an early age. I was 10 or 11 when I heard Fats Domino and Little Richard and Buddy Holly. And the movies, my dad used to take my brother and I to the movies every Friday. It was incredible: we got to see just about every movie that came out for a period of years.
Ian McLagan Small Faces
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I was always that girl who loved music and thought of music as an escape route.
Rita Ora
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Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.
Annette Funicello
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I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music.
John Grant