Lisa Graff Quotes
I have always had a ridiculous fear that I will walk into the bathroom one morning and find a python in my toilet.
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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India is an important market for Ericsson, not only as a telecom market but also as a global hub for R&D.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.
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I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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When I see other working actresses that are brown, I get so excited. I get so excited when I see Zoe Kravitz, Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson, Ava Duvernay, and all these beautiful women working.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.
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The shame that comes to us as we see ourselves praised when we are unworthy of it often gives us the occasion to accomplish things that we might never have achieved without such undeserved praise.
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When they first said I made it through it was just crazy, I mean all kinds of thoughts were going through my head, and you know to be watching the show for nine seasons and to be on it now is surreal, it's so surreal.
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There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.
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You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.
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Adaptations, especially movie musicals, are really hard to do.
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I have always had a ridiculous fear that I will walk into the bathroom one morning and find a python in my toilet.
