Adam Grant Quotes
Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.

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I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices.
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I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
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At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get a lot of letters from women who tell me that, after watching Xena, they have bought the Harley-Davidson they always wanted or left an abusive relationship.
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It is quite plausible that the process of increased fragmentation of production across borders is subject to 'diminishing returns' and has its natural limits.
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Government cannot be all things to all people.
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Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.