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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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 used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise.
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Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am.
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Nobody is talking about the different - until you raised the issue.
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The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people.
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To come to peace with the moving on. It is a gift, in a way. We spend so much of our time fighting death, as we should. But sometimes the greatest gift we can give ourselves, and in turn the ones we love, is to know when to let go. To know when it is time—and to be at peace with that.
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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.
