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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Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.
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When you smile it's like the sun coming up.
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I think there's always satisfaction that comes from digging in and telling a story and being on the front line and writing about it. I think there's a venue available if you look. Even print journalism is in good shape in areas.
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When I first encountered the 'Sigma Force' novels - long before I became friends with Jim Rollins - a bookseller told me that these stories were about 'geeks with guns.' While not entirely accurate, that's pretty close to the mark, and that really speaks to me.
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If anyone stumbles then he must repent. If anyone errs then he must repent. And no one must insist on (the path of) destruction. If anyone insists on tyranny then he is far away from the path
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Butter wouldn't have melted my smile, I swear.
