Stephen Merchant (Stephen James Merchant) Quotes
Things don't get better when you become well known or go on TV. I'm just being rejected by a better class of women.
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Lauren Conrad has been described as one of the first people to significantly benefit from the popularity of reality TV.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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My original project was called 'The Wheel'; there's a record out there called 'Desire & The Dissolving Man,' 'The Memory Of Loss' as well. There's also 'Falling Faster Than You Can Run,' also 'Closer'; all of that's on our website.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.
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I belong to the Congress. My party has always supported prohibition, though it may not have been successful in implementing prohibition in many states.
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The first thing they gave me at 'Sports Illustrated' was a first-class air card. 'And oh, by the way, there's the petty cash drawer,' they told me. 'Take a few thousand dollars for expenses.'
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I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.
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The book that first made me want to be a writer is Flannery O'Connor's short story collection 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find.'
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I keep a lot of things inside. I don't like showing too much emotion. Early in the minor leagues, they wanted me to show more emotion, but it wasn't me.
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To have art suppressed is very dangerous to society.
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I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.
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This is probably going to surprise people, but if you were to do a scan around the globe on public policy concerning our industry, you would probably have to conclude that the United States has the policy that has been, I believe, the most pro competition.
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I'm young but I'm not stupid.
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Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.
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So many times, genuine health workers and genuine NGO folks are really just trying to help other humans in whatever capacity they can. But they are perceived as being CIA, and therefore, it blocks their effectiveness.
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A man can make money but, money can't make a man.
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Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every 'Idol' winner and why they didn't go on to have success - their songs. The ones who have - their songs.
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Things don't get better when you become well known or go on TV. I'm just being rejected by a better class of women.
