Patty Griffin Quotes

I'm confused that there is a lack of faith in listening to and deciding what is a great song and instead going for these formulaic, bad songs over and over again. But that's what happened when people from beverage companies bought record labels and radio stations as opposed to people who love music owning record labels.

Patty Griffin

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LoveMusicFaithGreatPeopleSong

By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line.

John Byng

GreatTimePastEnemyDistanceNew

All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.

Andre Breton

LifeLoveHeartNameMy LifeCannot

We see organizations that target young black men to give them direction in life, but so often, black girls are missed. I wanted to represent them.

Angie Thomas

LifeMenBlackDirectionTargetSee

I am a man of many flaws and contradictions.

Rodrigo Duterte

ManI AmFlawsContradictionsMany

I'd like to be able to travel anywhere in an instant.

Jason Behr

TravelAnywhereAbleLikeInstant

I was looking for a name with an old English sound, very easy to pronounce in every language and easy to remember. At the beginning I used J. P. Tod's, but then in 1999 it was shortened since too many people were asking who was Mr. J. P. Tod's.

Diego Della Valle

BeginningPeopleLookingNameEasy

The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.

Denis Diderot

FatherGodChildrenLittleApples

As a child, I was just never that interested in the lives of my favourite actors, like Cary Grant. I do wonder whether knowing too much about someone's personal life interrupts an audience's ability to suspend disbelief, to really invest in the characters. My preference would always be that people engage with the work.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

LifeWorkChildPeopleSomeone

I'm a huge fan of 'Sons of Anarchy.'

Christopher Golden

AnarchyFanSonsHuge FanHuge

It's so funny because my mom is Thai and my dad is this big American guy - and our food tastes were so similar growing up. He was meat and potatoes, I was meat and potatoes.

Chrissy Teigen

FunnyFoodMomGrowing UpAmerican

I think I was very young when I became interested in fashion.

Christian Siriano

FashionThinkYoungInterestedVery

Some formulas are too complex and I don't want anything to do with them.

Bob Dylan

WantAnythingComplexSomeThemToo

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