Marion Zimmer Bradley Quotes
Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.
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I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
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I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.
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I'm just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it's going to get unfixed.
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I always tell people that I am most proud of the fact that the Ushahidi story has provided an inspiration to other techies in Kenya and Africa as an example of the kind of talent the continent holds.
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My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value.
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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While playing complex characters you're staying in the same place but you're departing with your mind and soul and educating yourself until you can really understand such huge worlds. Those are the roles that keep loyal to the authenticity of what people are, and not caricatures. It's something that requires me to prepare for three, four months. I love the process of it, rather than, "Okay, I'm ready, I'm set with the wardrobe that somebody else chose for me."
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Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.
