Elizabeth Bear Quotes
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.
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I'm glad I went through all the normal teenage dramas that a lot of people go through. I can really relate to 'Secret Life' because I witnessed those similar struggles.
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I've never really been a character on TV. I think, if possible, you want to portray yourself. If you're in a situation where you're supposed to react, you need to react.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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Take chances, find your voice in fashion, and find what you like, and find what makes you feel good, and do that.
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I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just seem big because there wasn't anything else drown it out at the time?
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I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.
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That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.
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They never noticed that he was in fact what they only pretended to be.
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Capitalism is the only system where such men are free to function and where progress is accompanied, not by forced privations, but by a constant rise in the general level of prosperity, of consumption and of enjoyment of life.
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I would adopt a standpoint, irrespective of whether someone was for or against it, if I felt deeply that it was right for the movement.
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I have visited (Burma) and I know that there is only one instrument of government, and that is the army...If I were Aung San Suu Kyi, I think I'd rather be behind a fence and be a symbol than after two or three years, be found impotent.
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Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.
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I'd love to do something a little different than 'Ted.'
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I think that anybody can become a terrorist. That's my point of view. But, not everybody can actually kill. In order to reach that level, you have to be deeply convinced.
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I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of the story.
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For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else's face.
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One's ignorance is one's chief asset.
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Butter wouldn't have melted my smile, I swear.
