Jemima Khan Quotes

Fame infantilises and grants relative impunity. Those that seek it, out of an exaggerated need for admiration or attention, are often the least well equipped to deal with criticism.

Jemima Khan

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When I came out when I was 18, and I graduated from high school, and I felt like that was the time to officially say it, I surprised zero people in my family.

Andrew Rannells

FamilyTimeSchoolPeopleSayHigh

I am beyond thrilled to be hitting the road with 'Singin' in the Rain.' As a huge fan of the original movie, the chance to bring this story to life on stage is something I couldn't pass up, and it'll be great visiting some of the beautiful theatres on the tour; some I've been to previously; some are going to be a brand new experience for me.

Maxwell Caulfield

LifeBeautifulGreatRainExperience

I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their own. They're so desperate they'll grab at any old straw.

John Lydon

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Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

John Major

EuropeCompeteWellEffectiveness

I think the bullpen is always a possibility for anyone, but that's not where I plan on being.

Matt Cain

ThinkPlanAlwaysWhereBeing

Cranking the Auto-Tune is so easy to do that there's almost no systemic resistance to trying it. So when someone's stuck for an idea, that's what they do. I mean, to the extent that it's been embraced by an entire idiom of club music and culture.

Steve Albini

MusicCultureSomeoneTryingEasy

I really like The Vamps. I'm friends with a couple of the guys from the band, so that's fun.

Sophie Turner

FunFriendsBandLikeGuysReally

Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it respond to a surprise terrorist attack? How would it respond to an earthquake?

Russ Carnahan

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Nothing I write ever has a moral. If it seems to a reader that there is one, that is unintentional.

Louise Erdrich

MoralNothingWriteSeemsEver

I would absolutely love to do a revival of 'Bury the Dead' by Irwin Shaw on Broadway, but it would have to be Joe Calarco's version that we did Off-Broadway at The Transport Group in 2008. It was just one of those amazing shows that didn't run long enough and not nearly enough people got a chance to see.

Donna Lynne Champlin

LovePeopleAmazingChanceEnough

Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!

Courtney Love

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Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being pregnant turned my whole life upside down and inside out and just knocked the wind out of me. But I got so much out of that.

Bridget Moynahan

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