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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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There's a lot of pretty funny women out there.
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I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.
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Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.
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You can't leave the thing that you are, the house that has become your biography.
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I sort of tend to equate tattoos with prisoners, punks or people with a high level of self-confidence. I don't necessarily have a covered-in-tattoos personality.
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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.
