Laurie Graham Quotes
When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car.
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.
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I wouldn't ever do a radio edit because I feel like it would totally go against the point of 'Follow Your Arrow.' I just think you're going to like it or not like it.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.
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I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.
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A high-quality public education can build much-needed skills and knowledge. It can help children reach their God-given potential. It can stabilize communities and democracies. It can strengthen economies. It can combat the kind of fear and despair that evolves into hatred.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized.
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Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.
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Cinema sustains life. It captures death in its progress.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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I'm not hard to get along with.
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I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
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I'm originally from Dallas, Texas, where Bonnie and Clyde were from, so when I was a little kid, my grandfather used to drive me past the Barrow Filling Station. At my elementary school, there was a barn outside that they used to say was a Bonnie and Clyde hangout.
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I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.
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Congo, my country, has the largest forest in Africa, maybe the second-largest in the world. I was born in a forest area, and when I was growing up, I assisted my uncle, who was a poacher. That was good, because it grew my passion for protecting the forest and plants.
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Children should enjoy the few years they have just being a kid.
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We have had two chickens in every pot, two cars in every garage, and now we have two headaches for every aspirin.
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I'm very musically inclined. My parents were opera singers. As a young child, I could hear operas and I knew if they were sad, or if they reminded me of something, or they brought back a memory.
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One of the problems we have is children are not in school long enough in the day and during the year.
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When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car.
