Rachel Caine Quotes
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
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Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
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Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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I want more images onscreen because when I was growing up, I think, like, that one kiss in 'The Color Purple' was the one thing that I had. Or 'The Watermelon Woman.'
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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People Are Much More Beautiful Than They Think: Long Live Their True Face.
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Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of the story you're writing. But the real key to success lies in finding the right characters to carry that story.
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When I was a kid in junior high, I had an assignment to discuss how to rescue poor people in India. I remember my teacher at the time considered it an impossible problem. Now, we're not talking that way anymore. We're sure not talking about that for China. They're rescuing themselves thanks to globalization.
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Happy birthday,” she said. “And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake.
