Adele Griffin Quotes
And I didn't mean to shut her out, but sometimes I did it anyway. I liked having power. Power is its own kind of magic.

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The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.
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What we're showing may not be your reality, but it's ours.
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
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I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat.
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Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things.
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My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art.
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I know when I walk into that classroom in the morning, even if it’s for a split second, at some point I’m being checked out.
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of a character in 'The Man Who Gave Up Smoking' who is suffering from a hangover ... the noise of the cat stamping about in the passage outside caused him exquisite discomfort.
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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The class of 'No technical solution problems' has members. My thesis is that the 'population problem,' as conventionally conceived, is a member of this class.
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Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, who suffered death because she chose to turn.
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You have to teach children about money intentionally - create teachable moments.
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My mother was always in those films where it's the end of the world and a meteor's about to hit London; there's only six people left, and one of them's in purple underwear. That was always my mother, running from this meteor in purple underwear and spraining her ankle.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason.
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And I didn't mean to shut her out, but sometimes I did it anyway. I liked having power. Power is its own kind of magic.