"It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me."

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Source : "Nanci Griffith finds her voice again". Interview with Quinn Brown, www.cnn.com. August 6, 2009.

Nanci Griffith

#Nice Quotes #Focus Quotes #Body Quotes

“I know a lot of people think therapy is about sitting around staring at your own navel - but it's staring at your own navel with a goal. And the goal is to one day to see the world in a better way and treat your loved ones with more kindness and have more to give.”
“When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.”
“You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time.”
“The biggest mistakes I've ever made are when I've been rushed. If I'm overwhelmed, I slow down. It's more effective.”

Source : "Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (and Take Her Work Advice)". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2014.
“Truthfully, in this age those with intellect have no courage and those with some modicum of physical courage have no intellect. If things are to alter during the next fifty years then we must re-embrace Byronâ€™s ideal: the cultured thug.”
“While I did complete high school, I would have to say that it was by the skin of my teeth. My education ever since then has been one that I got "on the job" and I consider myself a very well-educated person at this point!”
“The value of history. ..is that it teaches us what man has done and thus what man is.”
“People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't spending time with teenagers.”

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