Elizabeth Bear Quotes
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences or become extinct.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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It's interesting for me because in my work, a lot of times, I like to scrutinize the clothes and think what's going to make them look dated, and I do the same with vintage. In vintage, you want something unique and different, but at the same time, something that doesn't make you look like you dress like a grandpa.
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I think the president should be accessible, should answer questions that aren't pre-screened, but I think there should be a little bit of dignity to the presidency.
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In a novel, I think you have a contract with the reader to make the character representative - of a moment in history, a social class... for instance, I wanted to make the boy in 'A Boy's Own Story' more like other gay men of my generation in their youth and not like me.
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Programmers can be lazy.
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You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!
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Not a day has gone by in my life when I haven't thought about death.
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In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India.
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I want to level the playing field for people who want to purchase health insurance as individuals, and that means eliminating the exemption for employer-sponsored health care.
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The Constitution was made for ordinary people.
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I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.
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Overall, Korean pop serves as the foundation of my musical upbringing. As a result, the melodies that I create just exude that type of vibe.
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Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call, Must call too soon.
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Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.
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People around me like me the best when I'm depressed because I'm a bit more passive.
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If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care.
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Opinions are like kittens. People are always giving them away.
