Sue Grafton Quotes
It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.
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Upon the glazen shelves kept watch Matthew and Waldo, guardians of the faith The army of unalterable law.
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The choices you make will make all of the difference in what you want to achieve.
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All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.
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She looked down again and I was stymied. I sat. Oh, this was enough to make me love her, because I was right with her, understanding every second and longing to step in. I didn’t even need to know the specific that was troubling her, because to me her halting voice easily stood for the general woe that hangs in the air, even on life’s happiest days.
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The self says, I am; The heart says, I am less; The spirit says, you are Nothing.
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I was born in the USA, which many people still find hard to believe.
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I believe that if you don't have systems, you don't have a business - you simply have a job for yourself. My challenge has been to build those systems in a new restaurant setting.
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It was a big step, to go from not talking to people to stepping on to a stage. That's when I felt the most comfortable, because I could do anything I wanted to and say anything I wanted to, even if people didn't laugh.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.
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I have days when I say, 'I'm going to have five chocolate chip cookies today.' I'll have a salad every day but every week I have a cheat day.
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Most affairs do die a natural death. Today, you look at your partner's phone to find out the weather, and you find out about a lover. It has never been as easy to cheat as it is today, and it has never been harder to keep a secret.
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The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren't paying for any superfluous leg.
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Getting work is not tough, but to work with people I always wanted to is difficult.
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It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.
