C. J. Cherryh Quotes

Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

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• The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.

  

  Tamae Watanabe
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• There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • People
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• We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.

  

  Ma Jun
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• I don't do negative things.

  

  Rajeev Shukla
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• I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.

  

  Naomi Scott
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• The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.

  

  Caity Lotz
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• Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

  

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• When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Myself
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• I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Think
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• To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
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• If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.

  

  Yunjin Kim
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• I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.

  

  Hailey Gates
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• Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
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• Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

  

  Rafael Cruz
  • Bible
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• When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.

  

  F. Gary Gray
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• E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.

  

  J. G. Ballard
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• I would be happy if people just called me an actor.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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• Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.

  

  Wellington Mara
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• I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.'

  

  Kirstie Alley
  • Words
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• We should work to de-link health insurance from employment so if you lose your job, your health insurance goes with you and it is personal, portable and affordable.

  

  Ted Cruz
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• My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies.

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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• I got married and had a baby, so I was doing the mummy thing. I got hyperemesis and was only supposed to go away for maternity leave, but then it ended up being three or four years, and by that time, it was hard to get back into the music world, so when Drake called, it was the perfect opportunity.

  

  Kyla Reid
  • Up
  • Time
  • World

• The man who works recognizes his own product in the world that has actually been transformed by his work. He recognizes himself in it, he sees his own human reality in it he discovers and reveals to others the objective reality of his humanity of the originally abstract and purely subjective idea he has of himself.

  

  Alexandre Kojeve
  • Man
  • Reality
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• Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

  

  C. J. Cherryh
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Reality