Adam Grant Quotes
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The pop-star thing bores me because it's somebody programming someone else. Stand over here, sing that, no, sing it like this, talk like that, when they ask you this, don't say that, say this, hold that, drive this, stay here, live there - you're not even a human being. You're a puppet.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
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I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.
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I think when it comes to pop I'm past the point of curiosity. I admit to a full-on obsession with it, and I think it's getting worse, actually.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smartest guys in the room - is why they have captured the investing public's imagination.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I didn't know what was going through my mind.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.
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When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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Much of the time, we're transfixed by all of the ways we can reflect ourselves into the world. And we can barely find the time to reflect deeply back in on our own selves.
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I'm really focused and obsessed with writing things that are specific. I don't like big rock lyrics - I find them infuriating.
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The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it back up.
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I like all ladies of all different ages.
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Saying no frees you up to say yes when it matters most.
