Adele Griffin Quotes
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As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.
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I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and your concentration is not on what I am going to say - but the scene itself, the character that you are talking to.
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I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.
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The liberals will surely argue that every person has the right to fall in love with no regard to religion, creed or gender, but I am not that liberal.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
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I remember specifically my mother telling me growing up don't put my business in the street. I was like seven, and I am like, 'What does that mean.'
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I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.
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We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
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In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.
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He who frames the question wins the debate.
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After 'Gremlins' came out, I should have packed up everything, moved to Los Angeles from New York, and dedicated myself to being a full time film actor. I had the world at my feet.
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How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy?
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Living in South Africa has had a very profound impact on my career.
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Fishing ... is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.
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Under the ideal measure of values there lurks the hard cash.
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Engineering is too important to wait for science.
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I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman - I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts.
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Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.
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Dialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. When you're writing lines you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we talk to each other we never actually explain our terms. We don't say 'Sweetheart, would you pass me the sugar bowl, which we picked up for a song at that antique stall in Munich.'
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I'd read one too many crime novels where the victim was just a name: body number one, dead woman number 12. I understood fear, and I wanted to create characters who made readers say, 'Please, don't hurt this guy.' That's the key to suspense. It's easy to disgust a reader. It's much harder to make them care.
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God only acts and is, in existing beings or men.
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I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
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But he's got your way of making me lean into peace whenever I see red.
