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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Nobody in this world thinks they're having enough sex. Watch any night on television, or any comedian in a nightclub, and every other joke is about people who aren't getting enough.
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I am not young enough to know everything.
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Chris Rock is a good friend of mine, and he is hysterical.
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Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me.
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I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music.
