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I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
Actor
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
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English
College
Fine
Humanity
Humanities
Art
Minors
Arts

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After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.
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You never know which people will affect your life.
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Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.
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My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.
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I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.
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Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.
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We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.
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The struggle is what teaches you.
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Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off--especially men. (Kinsey Millhone)
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There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.
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Sometimes I wonder what the difference is between being cautious and being dead.
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I've never known anyone yet who doesn't suffer a certain restlessness when autumn rolls around... We're all eight years old again and anything is possible.
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A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.
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Age plays cruel tricks on the human face all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.
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You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.
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You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.
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You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying.
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It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.
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God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.
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Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
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