Sue Grafton Quotes
Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
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When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.
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You don't see many Jon Jones's.
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From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
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I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music.
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My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.
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Better a decent remake than a bad original, don't you think?
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You're filmed that one very special day of the pageant, and you want to make sure you're as ready to go as you can be.
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In fact history does not belong to us; but we belong to it.
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Male makeup is men’s titles, status and paying for dates. Makeup is what both sexes use to bridge the gap between the power they have and the power they’d like to have. Both male and female makeup are compensations for feelings of powerlessness.
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The blessing of my mother is that she is so interested, she is so bright, she never complains - the joy of the Lord just bubbles out of her. Anybody who's in her presence is blessed to be there.
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The more anxious, isolated and time-deprived we are, the more likely we are to turn to paid personal services. To finance these extra services, we work longer hours. This leaves less time to spend with family, friends and neighbors; we become less likely to call on them for help, and they on us.
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I'm really calculating when it comes to these scripts - I'm really calculated about character behavior and dialogue.
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I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing.
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I think every actor would probably say that it's always a collaboration. And if you ask directors, they'll tell you that they expect the actors to bring something. They don't want to be thinking for everybody.
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Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
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Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every peopled sphere? Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" here.
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When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not only for the music industry but for the whole Internet.
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I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.
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If you don't care about quality, you can meet any other requirement.
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Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.
