John Grant Quotes

The only difficult thing is learning to recognise the interesting bits from those millions of moments life provides you with every day and writing down those snippets.

John Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeLearningDayWritingMoments

I love a house project.

Melissa McCarthy

LoveHouseProjectI Love

Everything is so convenient in New York.

Matthew Modine

New YorkNewEverythingConvenient

It is beautiful to be what you are.

Jean Paul Gaultier

BeautifulYou

You can't keep a democracy going in a functional and constructive way if only 10 percent of the people you represent think your institution is functioning in an acceptable way. That's just not viable.

John Sarbanes

PeopleDemocracyThinkYouWayKeep

You can't really be passionately moderate. It's like wearing an 'Extra Medium' - it doesn't exist.

Stephen Colbert

YouExistExtraLikeModerate

For me, titles are either a natural two-second experience or stressful enough to give you an ulcer. If they don't pop out perfect on the first try, they can be really hard to repair. Or, worse, if the author thinks they pop out perfect, but the publishing house does not agree, it's difficult to shift gears. And then? Then you go insane.

Sloane Crosley

ExperienceMeEnoughYouPerfectGo

I like the idea of people coming to opera for the first time and finding it an enjoyable experience. I don't like the fact that opera is seen as elitist and all black ties and that stuff.

Rory Bremner

TimeExperiencePeopleBlackFinding

We have to get the oil where the oil is.

Ron Johnson

OilWhereGet

It's awfully hard to get into the head of a liberal. Instead of logic and reason, they are drawn to emotions and feelings.

Mike Gallagher

LogicFeelingsEmotionsHardReason

I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels.

Michael Korda

InterestingFindTurnOutNonfiction

In difficult moments, champions come through, and not by listening to what is being said.

Julen Lopetegui

ListeningMomentsChampionsSaid

When I'm not boxing, I play instruments.

Joseph Parker

PlayBoxingInstruments

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