Graham Nash Quotes
If you don't want to be there, it shows in the energy that you put out and in your actions.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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Everyone teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting. So I think I've still got to learn a little bit more and to pick up a few more tips, I suppose.
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Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I have to invariably do it in the same order every time, even if I only did it by chance the first time round.
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Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
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While violence is part of what it means to be part of the black diaspora in the United States, that is not all it means to be black.
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I've gone as far as I can. It's time to turn over the reins.
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And I don't care how simple or convenient it would make things for everyone else if I were to just lie down and die. I will not let myself be killed or captured!
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Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others. My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.
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If you don't want to be there, it shows in the energy that you put out and in your actions.
