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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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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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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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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When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.
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Make no mistake, if the payroll-tax cut is extended, it will become permanent. Social Security will become another welfare program as the tie between what someone pays and what they receive gets broken.
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When you're looking at small languages, the population of speakers is so small that there might not be people with the expertise in science or agronomy to write optimal planting strategies for maize in the local language.
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I wanted to make a video for the holidays, but none of the traditional holiday songs were moving me.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. Not everyone is going to love you. And for some reason, stand-up has this thing where everyone thinks they can do it. So everyone thinks they're an expert.
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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.
