Sue Grafton Quotes
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By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape.
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I'm actually on the Twitter like all those crazy young kids are, and if I'm going to do an in-store appearance or I post something on my website, I tweet these followers, a word I don't like so much, and over 50,000 people go, like, 'Okay, I got it.'
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There’s nothing like having your girlfriend talk in geological time to make you feel insignificant.
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Progress, then, is the law of the universe. From its present state we can obscurely argue a "has been" and a "shall be."
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Sin is like a cancer; God’s presence is like radiation on that cancer.
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I learned how to stop crying. I learned how to hide inside of myself. I learned how to be somebody else. I learned how to be cold and numb.
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Our God is the God of the impossible. When we say yes to doing new things as we step into our destiny, we'll get to see God show up and equip us for the journey ahead in miraculous ways.
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About 1.2% of the human genome is made up of genes, things that encode for proteins, the stuff that we consider us. There is about 8.3% that's a virus. In other words we're probably about seven times more virus than we are human genes, which is kind of a weird way to thinking about yourself.
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With 'Brick,' I wrote the script when I was 23 and didn't make the movie until I was 30.
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You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less.
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I remember being in buses, hotel lobbies and bars leading up to the 1994 World Cup talking with guys about how great it would be to have a legitimate league of our own, so getting on the plane in Italy to return and be part of the first year of MLS was one of the proudest moments of my life.
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I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty.
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The United States is the only advanced economy with no paid parental leave for either mothers or fathers.
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Since your time is your main involvement here - I mean, the clay doesn't cost very much. Even the glaze and the firing doesn't cost a great deal. But your time is the cost, and if you can keep your time to a minimum and still come out with the results you want, that means the pots can be sold for an economic price.
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On debates Accomplished a bit more for Bush than for Gore only because there were more question marks for Bush. I think he established that he possesses at least the minimum qualifications for being president.
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Good generalship is a realization that... you've got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.
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Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.
