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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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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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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My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy & Me.'
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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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I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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In the past, TSR and now Wizards of the Coast have asked me to do game stats for my characters, and I'm never comfortable doing that. It's all relative after all.
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All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.
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When you bring in multi-brand retail items into the country, you're not just bringing the products, but you're also harming local manufacturers.
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The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that are presenting it so, you know, people come to know this strange version of a human. It can be pretty weird because people think I'm digging through dumpsters and smell like crap all the time.
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There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.
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Hanson has rapid female fans, which I'm completely proud of, but a lot of fans are a contingent that have grown up with us really - our peers. There's younger fans. More and more guys are Hanson fans, musicians or kind of guys who were into a Beatles record.
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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
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Takers are self-serving in their interactions. It's all about what can you do for me.
