Jon Ronson Quotes

What I think was a really lucky coincidence was that a lot of the themes of 'Okja' are things I write about a lot: cognitive dissonance and corporate greed and also the internal politics of fringe groups.

Jon Ronson

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• You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.

  

  Patricia Velasquez
  • Time
  • You
  • Routine

• I have invariably been in love when I haven't had the same reciprocated emotion at all. I don't choose to talk about my personal life because I believe that I don't want to, and I believe my personal life is personal.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Emotion

• In England, we have this saying about Marmite: people either love it or hate it. That's like a lot of the movie work I've done. People either find it repulsive or find it really interesting and get engaged in it.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
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• To survive is to win.

  

  Zhang Yimou
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• I love grey. My mom told me that when I was younger, I would get mildly depressed when it was grey all the time. I'd be darker when it was dark out. But as an adult, I really love it.

  

  Banks
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• Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.

  

  Eric Lynn Wright
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• I only started singing the Russian roles when I came west.

  

  Ildar Abdrazakov
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• I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

  

  Danica McKellar
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  • Little
  • Directing

• Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.) Is planning a ban on smut. Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut. And his reverend occiput. Smite, Smoot, smite for Ut., Grit your molars and do your dut., Gird up your l__ns, Smite h_p and th_gh, We'll all be Kansas By and by.

  

  Ogden Nash
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• When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don't be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!

  

  Yuri Gagarin
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• The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Mind
  • Wind

• The less you know about a field, the better your odds. Dumb boldness is the best way to approach a new challenge.

  

  Jerry Seinfeld
  • Challenge
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• When you're not sure your anger is justified, the thing to do is ask yourself exactly where it's coming from.

  

  Lynn Coady

• To be the first British athlete to win a gold is amazing, but to win it in the U.K. is something else. Also, having my family here with me has made it extra special, and I know all my friends back home have been cheering me on and putting posters in their windows. I want to thank them all.

  

  Jade Jones
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• The nation is trying to catch up with a rapidly changing world.

  

  Bill Haslam
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  • World
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• The law seemed to be always what I came back to. I have never, one day in my life as a lawyer, regretted my decision to become a lawyer.

  

  Charles T. Canady
  • Life
  • Law
  • Decision

• I've learned a lot just being around LeBron. People say things about him all the time, but he would never say anything back. That's what I learned from him: Don't retaliate to articles or pieces or to things that are said about me.

  

  Ben Simmons
  • People
  • Time

• Over the years, I've learned that you can have fun with the fabrics and other elements, but if it's not tailored right, you'll blow it.

  

  James Marsden
  • Fun
  • Blow

• For greed all nature is too little.

  

  Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Nature
  • Greed

• Symbols have a reach and a roundness that goes beyond their literal and practical meaning. They are the rich concepts under which the mind gathers many particulars into one name, and many instances into one general induction.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Mind

• Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour.

  

  Edward Young

• Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

  

  Boethius
  • Law

• Keep the calls coming, ... You might be saving your own home, your own car, your own property tomorrow if you do it for your neighbor today.

  

  Van Johnson
  • Home
  • Car
  • Own

• What I think was a really lucky coincidence was that a lot of the themes of 'Okja' are things I write about a lot: cognitive dissonance and corporate greed and also the internal politics of fringe groups.

  

  Jon Ronson
  • Greed