John Grant Quotes
The thing is I don't feel like my story is special. I don't feel like it's different to anybody else.
Quotes to Explore
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Golf was never a religion to me.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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It's incredibly fun to play someone that you don't like. It exorcises your own demons in a way. It's cathartic. We all have things that we don't like about ourselves, little things. And I get to amplify those things and put them out there. It's fun and it has a cleansing effect.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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A job is just a job at the end of the day, and work sometimes comes from the most unlikely places.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
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The hero of a mainstream stand-alone novel can get by with things the hero of a sweet traditional category romance wouldn't dream of doing.
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I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.
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Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise - the quadrangle of health.
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The thing is I don't feel like my story is special. I don't feel like it's different to anybody else.
