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.Patty Griffin
Quotes to Explore
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Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
Jack Nicklaus -
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?
Zhang Zhidong -
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.
Gail Collins -
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.'
Randall Munroe -
I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.
Abby Wambach -
It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
Kate Burton
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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.
Damien Hirst -
I don't know how people recognize me.
Laura Prepon -
If people hate me they hate me.
Uwe Boll -
I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
Barbara Sukowa -
We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
Carlos Castaneda -
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.
Paracelsus
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
Natalie Dormer -
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
Rabindranath Tagore -
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.
J. Michael Bishop -
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Baltasar Gracian -
I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
Randy Schekman
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The only difference between the failure of a great idea and the success of a medocre idea was the way in which the idea was communicated.
Nancy Duarte -
It is time we admitted that we are not at war with 'terrorism'. We are at war with Islam. This is not to say that we are at war with all Muslims, but we are absolutely at war with the vision of life that is prescribed to all Muslims in the Koran. The only reason Muslim fundamentalism is a threat to us is because the fundamentals of Islam are a threat to us.
Sam Harris -
Everyone's favorite breakfast dish can be prepared in a moment's time with just a few ingredients and minimum effort.
Marcus Samuelsson -
We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.
Lal Bahadur Shastri -
Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had been right all along. But I was wrong to have thought that I was wrong.
John Foster Dulles -
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.
Patty Griffin