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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Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith - for instance, separation of church and state. It's contrary to my beliefs to try to exalt Christianity as having some sort of preferential status in the United States. That violates the Constitution. I'm not in favor of mandatory prayer in school or of using public funds to finance religious education.
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We're kind of in a voyeuristic world. We have TV shows that are all about watching people do weird things in houses. People are obsessed with that. There's live coverage of it.
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I was broke when I lived in New York City during college, so I'd spend weekends walking around town, grabbing something to eat, and interacting with strangers. That ritual has stuck with me.
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If you want to take what I've learned and use it to your advantage, just listen and you won't have to go through it.
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It's not a luxury if you can't do without it!
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The people at MTV are encouraged to be very confrontational and declarative about their tastes.
