Adele Griffin Quotes
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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A lot of cats are not that social.
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Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
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If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years.
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I've been fighting amidst a lot of opposition from both Hillary Clinton as well as some Republicans who wanted to send arms to the allies of ISIS. ISIS rides around in a billion dollars worth of U.S. Humvees. It's a disgrace. We've got to stop - we shouldn't fund our enemies, for goodness sakes.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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It's all because of my parents that I am gifted with such good looks and people get attracted to me. I have built an image in the industry, and because of that, I have so many female fans. I want to build my male fan following, too.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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I don't read books.
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I have a strong affinity for animals.
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You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
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I really just do what I like. I don't understand what the general public likes sometimes.
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One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!
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In 1949, the country of Palestine was partitioned after the war in such a way that the State of Israel-proper consisted of 78 percent of this country of Palestine. What was left to the Arabs was 22 percent, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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I've had a lot of really influential people in my life, like my grandmother M. J., who have helped me along the way. But there are so many of us girls in my family, and even though they're all so open and honest, who I seek advice from depends on what aspect of life I'm dealing with.
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Fears are to be faced, not denied, and life is to be lived, not mourned.
