Patty Griffin Quotes
It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.
Quotes to Explore
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Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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If people hate me they hate me.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
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I obtained eight years of elementary education in a two-room school, where I encountered a stern but engaging teacher who awakened my intellect with instruction that would seem rigorous today in many colleges. History figured large in the curriculum, exciting for me what was to become an enduring interest.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
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I'm happy with the people that I have around me. And they've been friends of mine since I was young, for a very long time.
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You know, I believe things happen when the time comes. I have worked hard and lovingly and this is a lifetime's reward. I cannot be anything but grateful. Discovering the world, different cultures and people -- I feel like a newborn child. To be able to share my feelings through music is simply wonderful.
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You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside.
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There are so many opportunities to learn things online, like between Coursera and Khan Academy and Duolingo. There are these awesome websites that are kind of these little personal Aristotles. There are times when I'm preparing for a role of some kind, and then I'll focus on a certain subject.
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I lived in Nashville for about five years. It was almost like me going to college for my craft. I immersed myself in the songwriting community there. They embraced me, and I made some real friends but also learned so much.
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It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.
