Adam Grant Quotes
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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I hired a personal trainer to help me lose 25 pounds and get from obese to fat. My next step will be to get from fat to chubby.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy & Me.'
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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Epic were adamant that I should carry on being me. They liked the way I look, my clothes, hats... nothing's changed really.
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How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity.
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I'm not surprised 'The Avengers' has such enduring popularity, because it was a groundbreaking series that changed television. It was the first show that put its leading man and leading lady on an equal footing and showed a woman fighting and kicking and throwing men around. That was a radical departure in its time.
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The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word.
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The blurring of fantasy and reality is something that the Japanese herald in their life, in their day-to-day commercialism.
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Takers are self-serving in their interactions. It's all about what can you do for me.
