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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It's all because of my parents that I am gifted with such good looks and people get attracted to me. I have built an image in the industry, and because of that, I have so many female fans. I want to build my male fan following, too.
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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 dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood does to you?
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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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You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.
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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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The challenge is whether China as a rising country, the United States as the superpower, can develop a cooperative relationship in this period before nationalism becomes so dominant in China as a substitute for communism, and a kind of self-righteous isolationism in this country that substitutes China for the Soviet Union.
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I have thoroughly enjoyed attending conventions and screenings. It's been great to be able to go to amazing places and meet all of the wonderful fans. It is amazing to me that Aliens has meant so much to so many people.
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The first album, for better or for worse, was done over from the ages of 17-22, with a couple of different producers. Some of it was recorded in an old swimming pool, some of it was recorded in a synagogue - it kind of was all over the place.
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I learned from my mom to always keep pushing yourself.
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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.
