Jon Ronson Quotes
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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I am not stupid - I'm not young, and I'm not beautiful.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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Sometimes I post something unwittingly that connects with women. But I never think, 'OK, let's take a shirtless picture for the girls.'
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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There's no conversation happening between plus-size women and designers. The door is never open.
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I'm always looking for silhouettes that seem 'invisible' to the eye, as in that it's so well-tailored to your body that you won't even notice what you're wearing. It needs to be dramatic in a subtle way.
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What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.
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You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
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The most horrifying thing I ever did was work as a steward on an airplane. I wanted to get hired by United. I thought, 'With my languages, this will be amazing; I will work in First Class.' But I could only get a job with an airline going from Newark, New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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If I interview somebody for an hour, I'm looking for four amazing minutes.
