Nanci Griffith Quotes
I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
Quotes to Explore
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A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I look a hundred and weigh 110 – you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
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My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest.
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You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I like making people laugh. That's fun for me.
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Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.
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I don't really think about being pigeonholed so much.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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The peace of the world concerns only body and time but the peace, the joy, that Christ gives enriches the soul for eternity
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
