LZ Granderson Quotes
Teachers are not glorified babysitters with summers off. Their profession fuels all others, and on a normal day that is amazing enough in and of itself.

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When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
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I remember taking my mom and dad to the premiere of 'The Inbetweeners Movie' and being really nervous. My mom was like, 'Laura, don't worry: I've watched all of the first series of the TV show, so I understand what this is going to be like.'
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Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.
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Both my parents are immigrants. I've seen different struggles they've had. There's a reason you don't see me using accents. I don't do impressions of my folks. When I'm doing a crappy impression of my folks, and you're laughing, I'm thinking, 'When my parents talk to people, when they walk away do people do impressions of them? Do they laugh?'
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Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
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I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.
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A movie set actually can be a good place to have a family atmosphere.
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I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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I've got America's best writer for $300 a week.
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I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.
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In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.
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A fascinating reaction of the human brain when we fail to meet a goal is that it tells us to throw caution to the wind and make things even worse, which ultimately leads to us giving up.
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The audiences love to see me fight on screen.
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For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.
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Basically, me and Ed Sheeran are kind of Twitter friends – well, I say that. He probably just thinks I'm weird.
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The highest qualities of character... must be earned.
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There are so many things I want to do, so many things I have to say.
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Teachers are not glorified babysitters with summers off. Their profession fuels all others, and on a normal day that is amazing enough in and of itself.