Ory Okolloh Quotes
Technology influenced me in that it gave me an opportunity to have a voice as a woman. I think it's because the barriers to entry tend to be a bit lower.
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It's insane that people have these Internet identities. It has very little to do with who we really are. As a writer, who I'm friends with, how I spend my time, what I look like, what I wear, what I eat, what kind of music I like - it's totally not important to the work.
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I'm cranky.
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I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.
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I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there.
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In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
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The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
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I cannot abide being bored.
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A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.
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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
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I sing all the time. But maybe nobody's hearing it, because I'm singing in my car or in my house or whatever. I don't need the roar of the crowd, and I don't need to hear cheers to feel validated.
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I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.
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I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don't want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn't.
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I'm a total foodie.
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It's not good to thicken sauce with too much butter because it can cause heaviness. You don't want to avoid butter, but you also don't want to put too much - add it slowly.
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Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
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I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's.
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Every day I spend in Hollywood, I start to realize how many films are made with no heart and no love. They just do it for the paycheck, and I cannot imagine making a film that way.
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I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.
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I cook. I did the Escoffier course in Paris when I was 21 in one of those periods when it was like a pause. I can cook anything Italian, Chinese.
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Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.
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No wise man ever took a handgun to a gun fight.
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I've found that giving gifts is transformative. It makes me better. It clarifies my thinking and allows me to do better work.
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Technology influenced me in that it gave me an opportunity to have a voice as a woman. I think it's because the barriers to entry tend to be a bit lower.
