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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Through the 'It's About Ability' campaign and with parents and other members of society, we have created a social family for children with disabilities.
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I thought that after such a long time of not letting her be with me. I would like to bring her back into my life.
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I'm going to do the old 'plaster removal' technique and just get the pain over with in one go: 'Life's Too Short' isn't funny to me.
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Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort.
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You never know which people will affect your life.
