Sue Grafton Quotes
The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.
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Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I'm not graceful.
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I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
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We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.
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Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. One-putts, up and down. Us Wagners don't hit greens. We chip and putt.
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I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.
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You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
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A true champion will fight through anything.
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It is a strange world, Oxford - quite claustrophobic. I was often glad I was only there for eight weeks at a time.
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I'd always wanted to be an actress or a model or a singer.
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It's quite an obscure notion for a kid, no? To want to be a curator. But even then, I knew that I would do this.
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I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts.
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Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.
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I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.
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Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.
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My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.
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When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life. Have fun, save a little money. That's a very limited life.
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The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.
