Elizabeth Bear Quotes
Memory is a spiderweb. It hangs in a corner and collects dust. Until you need it to catch a fly.
Quotes to Explore
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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I'm lucky in that I can't see myself doing an office job every day. I'm lucky that I can play my sport and go around the world without too much to worry about outside that. I think it's good to be happy with what you're doing.
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If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.
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I believe in God, who made of one blood all nations that on earth do dwell. I believe that all men, black and brown and white, are brothers, varying through time and opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in soul and the possibility of infinite development.
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Historically, the 19th century is defined by annexations and internal turmoil. For instance, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 gave more than half of Mexican territory to the United States.
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Cancer is something that, tragically, affects almost all of our lives.
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We are very much engaged across the government, very much engaged in streamlining and simplifying our activities with borrowers and lenders, because that saves time and saves costs and we believe we can do that while maintaining the same or increased levels of oversight and risk management.
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I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.
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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
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The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.
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My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'
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I would love to be a mum if I'm blessed to have children. My wife and I have those plans.
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I was never someone that was attached to any party. You know, I've always been an independent person. I'd like to remain like that.
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As self-driving cars become more common, there will be a flood of new legal questions.
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If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did, exactly because it proves such a difficult emotion to manage.
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My phone is always in front of me, 24/7.
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Government central planning means over-riding other people's plans.
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Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.
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Everything that's supposedly caused by stress, I tell people there's a Nobel Prize there if you find out the real cause.
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I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
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Memory is a spiderweb. It hangs in a corner and collects dust. Until you need it to catch a fly.
