Nanci Griffith Quotes

Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.

Nanci Griffith

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LifeLiveGreatMeSomeonePersonal

I'm very good at drawing fouls.

Joel Embiid

GoodDrawingVery

I have a trend of my own.

Andrei Platonov

My OwnOwnTrend

When you are a novelist, you are used to making a narrative do what you want.

John Niven

YouWantNarrativeUsedMaking

I tend to focus on what I'm doing at the moment, and that takes up the entire span of my focus.

Maura Tierney

MomentFocusDoingUpTakesSpan

I was being laughed at. I hated it, so I made an adjustment to control the situation. All comics learn that.

Andy Griffith

ControlLearnSituationAdjustment

I like that Brita makes tap water taste good, so you don't need to spend money or waste plastic with bottled water.

Stephen Curry

GoodWaterMoneyYouNeedPlastic

I've never thought it was a good idea to act back-to-back.

Rupert Friend

GoodThoughtNeverGood IdeaAct

The best thing about having a lady professor on campus is that it tells women students that they can do it, too.

Mildred Dresselhaus

WomenBestLadyStudentsProfessor

In the early '70s - a very good time for children's books and their authors - editors and publishers were willing to take a chance on a new writer. They were willing and able to invest their time in nurturing writers with promise, encouraging them.

Judy Blume

GoodChildrenTimeChanceEarlyNew

Women in Washington - and in positions of power anywhere - should be subjected to the same criticisms and held to the same standards as men. That does not include the assumption that any successful woman has attained her position through flattery, feminine wiles, or her ability to provide maternal comfort to a more powerful man.

Donna Brazile

WomenPowerMenWomanManPowerful

My agent says that I'm a 'repeat business guy.' If you hire me to come do a movie, I'll be on time, know all my material, be ready to go, have a good attitude. I'm here to work, so I get hired over and over again by the same producers. If you just be a team player on set you can work so much more often.

Dean Cain

WorkGoodAttitudeBusinessTimeMe

I weep at everything. I love things so much - I just never want to dilute that.

Chris Evans

LoveWantNeverEverythingThings

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