Stephen Graham Jones Quotes

Stories need stupid decisions that, at the time, seem absolutely rational and necessary. Without stupid decisions, the world isn't thrown out of balance, and so there's no need for a 'rest of the story' to balance it back.

Stephen Graham Jones

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TimeBalanceStupidWorldRestBack

I can look at cancer as a disease that picks me out and 'why me,' or I can look at it through love and say, 'This is a wake-up call. This is my body telling me: 'Hey, you're out of balance here. It's time to get in line with yourself.'

Melissa Etheridge

LoveTimeYourselfBalanceMeLook

Some things get clearer as you look back on them.

John Lanchester

YouLookBackThingsGetSome

You tell me what you listen to, and I'll tell you who you are.

Jean-Marc Vallee

MeYouListenTellWho

I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.

Jeff Kinney

IsolationThinkSeeingFilmmaking

Never meet trouble half-way.

John Ray

TroubleMeetNeverHalf-Way

I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that candor comes a measure of vulnerability.

Sonia Sotomayor

LifeMeasurePersonalMoreWrite

When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.

Simon Cowell

TodayMeSomeoneWorryHouseYoung

I support workplace clean air. But a federal ban on smoking would mean that you couldn't smoke in your own home. I don't care what people do in their home.

Mike Huckabee

HomeSupportPeopleCareSmoking

A great thing about these trees is that they are excellent for cleaning, both groundwater, and of course, air.

Mike Lowry

GreatTreesCleaningAirGreat Thing

There's something about us as stand-ups that when we're on our feet, we feel more in control of the situation and in control of our bodies and our delivery.

Michelle Wolf

ControlFeetFeelSituationMoreUs

I'm proud of 'Black Hawk Down' because I think it told a provocative story and it was honest. It could have had more opportunity to tell both sides of the story, but I'm still proud of it.

Josh Hartnett

OpportunityProudStoryBlackThink

Not only do people stop me on the street to say, 'We're walking, we're walking', but I have actually been in restaurants where the hostess was saying it to customers.

Bonnie Hunt

PeopleMeSayingWalkingStopSay

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