Jon Ronson Quotes
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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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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It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
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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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I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy roads, and these two snowmobilers were racing up a hill and they weren't looking, so they caught me as I was going up the other side of the hill, and they smashed into me.
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For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep reliable dictionaries and textbooks at his elbow; eschewing as far as possible that hasty extemporaneous manner of writing which is the privilege of more advanced students.
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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
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I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
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Students in school cheat not to get the 'A,' but to avoid the 'C.'
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If I interview somebody for an hour, I'm looking for four amazing minutes.
