Andrew Greeley Quotes
I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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I love to have fun and goof around and be silly, so anybody who can also do that is good for me.
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People are all vulnerable in so many different ways. We go into survival mode a lot of times.
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I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.
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If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of the protest in expressing their will freely.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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I've created my own career in my life, and I've had a lot of fun doing it. I think that's good.
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If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you.
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When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.
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Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct.
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I am definitely a serial monogamist. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been with.
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The song, 'Life is Better,' is about hip-hop. It's about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.
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Be bored and see where it takes you, because the imagination's dusty wilderness is worth crossing if you want to sculpt your soul.
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I think it talks about the fact that there are black people in the world who have tremendous amount of talents and have no channel through which they can those talents.
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Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.
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Sheikh Rahman's fatwa was the first time that anyone associated with al Qaeda had given religious sanction to attacks on American aviation, shipping and economic targets.
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We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
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My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
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I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me.
