Patty Griffin Quotes
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat!
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I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.
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There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.
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Long time ago, people would make the Bible, right? The guy said it, somebody wrote it down. And then if you wanted another copy of it, another human being wrote another one. It took a long, long time. Somebody created this thing called mimeograph paper and so you said, 'OK, we'll do it that way.' And so you could get three of them.
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The Democratic Party has taken the black community for granted and said, 'This is the most loyal constituency we have. They're not going anywhere.' But the Republican Party has said, 'That's the most loyal constituency Democrats have. They're not going anywhere. We've got to win without them.'
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I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.
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My grandmother had many children. She lost most. So when we came along, we were really special. I was the first grandchild that could see her spirit moving to a new generation.
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I kind of feel like people like to dump on 'Home Improvement,' and I don't know why.
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You can raise a good child in a single-parent family, but it's much more difficult.
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It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now.
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It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.
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Enron - although an extreme case - is hardly the only company with a hollow set of values.
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I try to be as optimistic as I can. I feel like that's the beautiful thing about art and music. It can take you places, and they can be a positive influence. A very soothing influence. Honestly, I feel like there's enough pain and terrible things that happen in life. That's beautiful thing in art, you can really idealize things.
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I'm not going to starve just to be thin... I want to enjoy life and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable.
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Our freedom must be buttressed by a homogeny equally and unchallengeably free, no matter what color they are, so that all the other inimical forces everywhere -- systems political or religious or racial or national -- will not just respect us because we practice freedom, they will fear us because we do.
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My philosophy has always been it's good to learn everything.
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Some shareholders believe it is all about price and a few people's pockets.
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In'ards, n. pl. The stomach, heart, soul, and other bowels.
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Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed.
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Everyone is tortured. Do you know anyone who isn't?
