Jonathan Van Ness Quotes
Even though I'm a hairdresser and I love doing hair, I feel like I don't look like a groomer. When I think of how a groomer would look in relation to the first version of 'Queer Eye,' I feel like I don't fit in that box.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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At times, we need to stop and rethink everything. Our entire history is made up of people who were sure they knew the truth yet forgot that the truth has an annoying tendency to change on occasion without us noticing it.
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If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.
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Being born Roman and Romanisti is a privilege.
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Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.
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It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
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The simple idiot's advice I give to screenwriters who say they want to sell a screenplay is, 'Write good.'
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I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
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I'm obsessively detail-oriented.
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My past is a bit checkered.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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There is a particular set of values commonly associated with being professional. Experience, expertise, trustworthiness, wisdom, and good judgement are all attributes aspired to by senior professional people, be they doctors, engineers, lawyers, civil servants, or the clergy.
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Even though I'm a hairdresser and I love doing hair, I feel like I don't look like a groomer. When I think of how a groomer would look in relation to the first version of 'Queer Eye,' I feel like I don't fit in that box.
