Eddie Griffin Quotes
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.
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I think it's time for people to stop being so serious about everything.
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To me, family is what is important. If you don't have it, nothing is going to matter.
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I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.
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Everyone in the gay community doesn't think alike.
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Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives.
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The jazz rhythm won't be understood by the bulk of my audience. That's the problem. We can get away with maybe one tune a night. It depends on where we place it. A song like 'Beyond the Sea,' the fans love that. It's fresh.
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I argue that the first image-makers were acting rationally in the specific social circumstances ... they were not driven by ‘aesthetics’.
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I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.
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A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.
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Attitudes are the real figures of speech.
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I feel like I inspire more people than I think I do. I just need to remember that.
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Wherever you go, God be with you.
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I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets.
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I have gained and sustained my optimism as a humble student of our living universe, our living Earth, which clearly shows us the way out of our adolescent crisis into a mature global future. The sooner we create our vision of all we desire, set our intention to implement it together, and put our individual capacities into collective action, the greater our chances of success.
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I know I'm not a great singer. But I love to sing and I like to use my voice in different ways.
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Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score.
