Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
Diantha came so close to saying she would do whatever Patricia wanted, anything at all. And then it hit her: She was being Trickstered. She’d been this close to becoming a slave to her former best friend. Diantha backed away, almost tipping over a teak side table full of drinks.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.
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It's funny, because I don't have a very addictive personality in any way except for things like stories or books or movies or TV. I just get, like, completely enamored and lost in that world, especially when one really hits the right way. Like, I just can't do anything else.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
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How hard a thing is life to the lowly, and yet how human and real!
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The regulation of medicine has been a State function.
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Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
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I feel really blessed to first of all have the opportunity to do music, and second of all to have it be going well.
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You know, people really don't understand what actors do.
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will and then they happen faster than you think they will.
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If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.
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When ISIS and al Qaeda have attacked or plotted attacks in the West in the past decade or so, they have invariably used hydrogen peroxide-based bombs because acquiring military-grade explosives or dynamite is nearly impossible for would-be terrorists in Western countries.
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When you get called to come in and audition for Tarantino, it's incredibly exciting.
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On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.
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If you send emails to your spouse or your lawyer or family members, you want to have these messages be confidential.
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You don't have love without sacrifice; you can't have sacrifice without love.
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We started Airbnb because, like many across the U.S. and in New York, we were struggling to pay our rent and decided to open up our living room to fellow artists coming to town for a design conference. Sharing our apartment allowed us to stay in our home and start our company.
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When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that we can do everything without help from others and that other people's affection is simply not important. But at this stage I think it is very important to keep deep human affection.
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Diantha came so close to saying she would do whatever Patricia wanted, anything at all. And then it hit her: She was being Trickstered. She’d been this close to becoming a slave to her former best friend. Diantha backed away, almost tipping over a teak side table full of drinks.
