Bill Griffith Quotes
I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what you'd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other.
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
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When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one's thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
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I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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'Linger' was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries. I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it'd be such a big hit.
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I saw Len Hutton in his prime,Another time, another time.
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My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was 'Just William.' It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel.
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In fact, one day I was going to Jackson and I saw a huge sign that U.S. Senator John Stennis was speaking that night for the White Citizens Council in Yazoo City and they also have a State Charter that they may set up for "private schools." It is no secret.
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I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what you'd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other.
