Anthony Clifford Grayling (A.C. Grayling) Quotes
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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I just sing. You have to use it.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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Snoop Dogg is hilarious. T.I. is really funny. Who else? 50 Cent is hilarious. Jay-Z is funny. I've met him, but he's funny in interviews. He was funny when I saw him, too. Ludacris is funny. Everybody is. Rappers are funny, a lot of them.
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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
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So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you - and fight alongside you - until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.
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Digital has really made the fashion industry a lot more transparent. So people can see and understand how the industry really works, and participate in an industry that was very inaccessible to people. The only thing that people used to see before was the end product. Anyone can participate in it now.
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I have a psychology degree, but I was a real theater rat.
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I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
