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Quotes About Griffith

I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
~ Nanci Griffith
In 'The Birth of a Nation,' Griffith made audiences see the Civil War through his eyes - the eyes of the son of a colonel in the Army of the Confederacy.
~ Richard Corliss
The close-up, according to D.W. Griffith, allows subtle changes of facial expression-the raising of an eyebrow or the flicker of a smile-to become part of the action.
~ Chuck Jones
There's the Hollywood sign there's Griffith Observatory there's the great, amazing Los Angeles Basin. It's 465 square miles of insanity and the best food on the planet.
~ Robert Crais
If EVACC is a sort of ark, Griffith becomes its Noah, though one on extended duty, since already he's been at things a good deal longer than forty days.
~ Elizabeth Kolbert
The film industry began in 1910 with the production of D. W. Griffith's movie In Old California and grew by bounds.
~ Susan Orlean
therefore, he should have seven champions, Queen Visenya decided. Thus did the Kingsguard come into being;|She would choose the knights herself.|Ser Richard Roote; Ser Addison Hill, Bastard of Cornfield; Ser Gregor Goode; Ser Griffith Goode, his brother; Ser Humfrey the Mummer; Ser Robin Darklyn, called Darkrobin; and Ser Corlys Velaryon, Lord Commander.
~ George R.R. Martin
There's the Hollywood sign; there's Griffith Observatory; there's the great, amazing Los Angeles Basin. It's 465 square miles of insanity and the best food on the planet.
~ Robert Crais
One of the radio stations sometimes played the theme to the Andy Griffith Show...The song was a tiny, quiet piece of America carved out of the rest. No fire hoses, no need for the National Guard.
~ Colson Whitehead
de Valera summoned a Cabinet meeting of the members available in Dublin and announced that he was calling for the resignations of the three absent members, Collins, Barton and Griffith. Cosgrave stood up to him, saying he ought to wait to see what the three had to say first.
~ Tim Pat Coogan
Collins was willing to go to war, but as Griffith, de Valera and Figgis correctly divined, the public was not, and it would take several more months of repression and British policy blundering before the shooting of detectives and officials could be countenanced.
~ Tim Pat Coogan
Although a procedural agreement between the pro- and anti-Treaty sides before the debate had given the last word to Griffith, de Valera tried to have the final say by making a melodramatic declaration that the 'document would rise up in judgement
~ Tim Pat Coogan
Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me being in Connecticut.
~ Bill Griffith
Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our doses of reality these days.
~ Bill Griffith
It was a bright red TVR Griffith, with a five litre V8 engine, and an exhaust note that could have been heard in Peking. It fell some way short of being the ideal car for a discreet surveillance operation
~ Hugh Laurie
Hild put together her information like a broken redcrest pavement and pondered the picture.
~ Nicola Griffith
With food before me and sunshine on my skin, the dreams and strange mood faded as they always did.
~ Nicola Griffith
They are malicious, gods, these Tuath, to make such things to fight over.
~ Nicola Griffith
She would shout at the girl and rant, confusing her, confusing the tales, for now Elen herself was in them.
~ Nicola Griffith
Get creative. I could find out which hospital bed Kars was in. To make sure he wouldn't wake up.
~ Nicola Griffith
She was tired of striving, tired of the sideways look of those who did not trust her.
~ Nicola Griffith
Did its magic work? It had not saved the man who wore it.
~ Nicola Griffith
Hereswith's eyes were so blue. Sister blue.
~ Nicola Griffith
Why Christ and his priests should care what we do with each other, I don't know. But they like to meddle.
~ Nicola Griffith