Sue Grafton Quotes
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
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I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.
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There's good economic progress in Malaysia. People have a lot to look forward to.
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I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.
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Shaving half my head was a look that meant I could go punkier with my style.
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Since I began my practice of Forgiveness Therapy, it's now instinctual for me to choose to eat like I love myself - instead of eating like I wanted to punish myself. Plus I've not only lost weight, I've lost the anger and anxiety I was feeling, and so I feel happier and calmer within.
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The missing toothbrush was nothing compared with the fact that the spacecraft was orientated to ascend, not descend. I would have gone up and up instead of going back down to the ground.
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In 2012, a five-year-old girl in Shandong province described to me how ten officials had chased her six-months-pregnant mother through the fields to prevent the birth of the family's second child, a boy. She died during the procedure.
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In 10th grade, I was kicking it with the seniors. I introduced myself, and they were like, 'Yeah, Demetrius is cool, but we're gonna call you Pac.' That was it! It could be worse!
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
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The company is not and must never claim to be home, family, religion, life or fate for the individual. It must never interfere in his private life or his citizenship. He is tied to the company through a voluntary and cancellable employment contract, not through some mystical or indissoluble bond.
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I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
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People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.
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You never know which people will affect your life.
