Stephen Graham Jones Quotes
The whole 'starting with stories, ending with novels' thing, it's probably too ingrained in the industry and the psyche to change it.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
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My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.
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Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
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I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?
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Being an entrepreneur is my dream job, as it tests ones tenacity.
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I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.
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Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses.
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Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
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Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.
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Of all the opportunities my priesthood authority affords, there is none grander than the privilege of being in one of our temples and representing the Master in officiating in the marriage of two of His worthy, righteous children.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.
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The whole 'starting with stories, ending with novels' thing, it's probably too ingrained in the industry and the psyche to change it.
