John Grant Quotes
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
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When I think of influential females in hip-hop, my mind goes to Foxy Brown, hands down.
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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.
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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.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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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.
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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.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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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.
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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.
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Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!
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Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.
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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.
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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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You do not attain to knowledge by remaining on the shore and watching the foaming waves, you must make the venture and cast yourself in, you must swim, alert and with all your force, even if a moment comes when you think you are losing consciousness; in this way, and in no other, do you reach anthropological insight.
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To this day, I've found that it doesn't matter what a guy looks like if he's really funny. His sense of humor makes him attractive. On the other hand, you don't hear men saying, 'No she's not pretty, but is she ever funny!'
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I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music.
