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 have a knack for choosing the wrong people.
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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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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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The electronics industry expanded rapidly and the seeds for the semiconductor and software revolution were planted. The postwar period also saw the suburbanization of America, the rise of the homeowner, the build-out of the interstate highway system, and the rise of automobile culture. Credit availability expanded dramatically.
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It's an opportunity that's there for all of us, like a life raft or preserver to hang onto when there's nothing else or no one else around because man, we're human and no matter what, one way or another, everyone of us in our lives, at some point in time, are going to feel alone.
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Earth is a place where language has literally become alive. Language has infested matter; it is replicating and defining and building itself. And it is in us.
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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.
