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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You have to nourish your creativity for it to flourish.
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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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In restoring man from evil sovereignty, we must cheat.
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We are more likely to cheat if we see others doing so. We tend to conform to accepted norms of reasonable behaviour, rather than adhere to strict rules.
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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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The most difficult thing is what is thought to be the simplest; to really see the things which are before your eyes.
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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.
