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 did the 1972 Sapporo Games, and I was also the Reds announcer and was folded into the NBC coverage for the 1972 World Series. I also did the 1979 World Series for ABC.
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Sleep is probably my favorite activity. I wrote this piece out of gratitude that I'm able to sleep well as an offering to people who don't.
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The joy of accomplishment is the greatest joy there is.
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Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.
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I am not drawn to the fairytale kind of love. I am drawn to the real-life experiences between a woman and a man. I try to sing about the way it is, but yet at the same time, what you can hope for between a couple.
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Fears are to be faced, not denied, and life is to be lived, not mourned.
