Lisa Graff Quotes
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People say, 'Are you going to be beating up one side or the other side?' It's everybody. It's the entire education establishment that is in power.
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When at just 27 years old, Qaddafi, colonel in the Libyan army, inspired by his Egyptian colleague Abdel Nasser, overthrew King Idris I in 1969, he applied important revolutionary measures such as agrarian reform and the nationalization of oil.
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
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The actresses I've known support each other very much. If you have a level of confidence in what you're doing, then you don't feel threatened. We all have different things to offer.
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The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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I consider the many years I produced 'Frontline' documentaries as the essential building blocks of my success.
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It's kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes.
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When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.
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Fuseproject was founded in 1999, and the notion behind it, which is alive and kicking today, is fusing different disciplines. Our teams are absolutely incredible at their own discipline, but most importantly, they're incredible at partnering with each other.
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. The value of the poem is in the ratio of this elevating excitement.
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My party trick is that I ask everybody questions. I'm just nosey.
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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
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So many people are concerned with being the perfect 'something.' Whether it's the perfect singer, the perfect sexy girl, or the perfect feminist. I don't want to be the perfect anything.
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If we're going to run for points we need to run in the top-five every week.
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When the Kiwis ran onto the field we could see the poor bastards were shitting themselves.
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In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.
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Photography brought a lot to painting because it forced artists to think about what painting could do that photography couldn't.
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We should listen to both philosophers and scientists, because the philosophical contribution is different from the scientific contribution, and both of them are worthwhile.
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I desperately want to visit the Galapagos and meet some giant tortoises.
