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 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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Certainly I have made comments on American society with the various pictures and have done about nine antiwar paintings. But I did them because I was incorporating my feelings into my work.
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When you get up in the morning and know you're doing something you love, feel fit and look after yourself, it's just a great thing to do.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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The tug-of-war between Scientologists and anti-Scientologists over Hubbard’s legacy has created two swollen archetypes: the most important person who ever lived and the world’s greatest con man. Hubbard was certainly grandiose, but to label him merely a fraud is to ignore the complexity of his character.
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We live in an age where there is a firehose of information, and there is no hierarchy of what is important and what is not. Where the truth is often fashioned through a variety of digital means. Are you your avatar? Who are you in social media? What face do you turn toward the world? How much does it have in common with who you actually are?
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I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.
