Elizabeth Moon Quotes
You can also make explicit certain social problems which, again, would be prejudged or not encountered at all in real life, because people have set up defenses against it. Fantasy allows you to get past defenses.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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Beautiful updos with natural hair are great!
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the only important thing is that we keep trying to make ourselves heard and keep making our films, no matter what the climate is.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.
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I always loved putting on shows - when you're the youngest of seven and five are older sisters, you've got to get noticed somehow! I did puppet shows and magic shows... even ventriloquism. My doll's name was 'Dan,' and I used to write these scripts, and my schoolmate hid under the table and supplied Dan's voice.
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I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed in the law books - but not in the kitchens of white homes.
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You beefed cause you heard that I was cursing in my raps, 86, still you wanna run and get the straps.
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I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along.
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My poetry is me trying to reconcile my own life and opportunities I've had with opportunities my students aren't given and how profoundly unfair that is.
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You can also make explicit certain social problems which, again, would be prejudged or not encountered at all in real life, because people have set up defenses against it. Fantasy allows you to get past defenses.
