Laurie Graham Quotes
It was the Victorians who covered the piano legs and drew a heavy curtain over what a lady got up to in her boudoir.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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'Twilight's got some avid - and rabid - fans.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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Every Jew is my brother, and I will not succumb to hate speech.
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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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You can learn something about a person by the company she keeps.
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I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.
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I think if I'd ever had any skeletons in the closet, they'd have been out a long time ago.
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The European Union and its member states continue and will continue, as the nuclear deal is implemented, to have open channels with Iran.
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There's no harm being a copycat. If someone else is doing a good job, copy. It's free.
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If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.
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I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
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Sure, I look like a white man. But my heart is as black as anyone's here.
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It was the Victorians who covered the piano legs and drew a heavy curtain over what a lady got up to in her boudoir.
