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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Warwick Davies is a cracking actor. The opening scene in the last 'Harry Potter' film, where he plays a captured Griphook, is mesmerising. His pacing is sublime, and the menace and regret he builds into the scene is fantastic.
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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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I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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Every year, I think you earn the right to eat cake on your birthday.
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I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods, most of which people don't need. I'm anti-consumerism; I own four pairs of black Levis and that's it.
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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.
