John Seabrook Quotes
The people at MTV are encouraged to be very confrontational and declarative about their tastes.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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Unfortunately, the public might not know that we get a script usually two days before shooting. So sometimes I'm shooting an episode and don't even know how it's going to end because I haven't read that yet.
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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Proust is a huge author for me.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.
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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
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Investment in training is a huge necessity for knowledge-based corporations.
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My looks vary, but I definitely think about it and plan. I like to shop, too, so I'm always mixing it up. But normally, I'll be wearing something like a college T-shirt and a sweater, something like that. But I definitely have to plan.
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Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.
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I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end.
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When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.
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The people at MTV are encouraged to be very confrontational and declarative about their tastes.
