Nicola Griffith Quotes
I'm tired of being considered a lesbian writer, tired of being a science-fiction writer, tired of being a thriller writer. I'm a writer. Period. Story matters to me.
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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
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I understood from an early age what being competitive means.
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All the definitions people want to put on you in terms of what kind of writer you are come with hidden meanings. If you're writing science fiction, you're writing rocket ships. If you write dystopian fiction, it's inequity where The Man must be fought.
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I work in a business of extremes, so when you are with someone who is very calm and logical, it's a great kind of balance to have.
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I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.
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I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.
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I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.
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Love is a positive, symbiotic, reciprocal flow between two or more entities.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.
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The people at the bottom who are working but working at relatively low wages need some help.
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Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There's nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.
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We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.
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The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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I've always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children.
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I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.
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We're right here on this very spot. Besides, being lost is never a matter of not knowing where you are; it's a matter of not knowing where you aren't - and I don't care at all about where I'm not.
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I'm tired of being considered a lesbian writer, tired of being a science-fiction writer, tired of being a thriller writer. I'm a writer. Period. Story matters to me.
