Elizabeth Bear Quotes
The world stood pinned on two thorns. One was ugliness. One was beauty. The truth did not lie in the middle or at either extreme. The truth encompassed both.
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You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome because you would be the first one.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.
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I am very old-fashioned about marriage. It is for life and I mean it. I always knew that when I met the right girl, the life I had before - being single, in a band, girls everywhere - would be over.
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When both parties are lying and they both know the other party's lying, it comes powerful close to being the same thing as telling the truth.
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O my son, thy lips still smell of milk, and thy heart should go out to pleasure. But the days are grave, and Iran looketh unto thee in its danger.
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An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.
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Keep in shape: if you look good, you will feel confident.
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Always be yourself and rebel against what people tell you should be and be whatever you want to.
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I'm not grateful for depression, but it honestly made me work harder and gave me the drive that I have to succeed and to make it work.
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It's incredible that they censor films. It's sad.
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Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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My father was the superintendent of the churches in the state of Montana. He was content in his beliefs. He befit the term 'true Christian.' He would turn the other cheek. He was truly a man of peace.
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It's absolutely chilling to think that I've been working on a comic-book series called 'Optic Nerve' since I was sixteen.
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I want to be a prime creator - as every self-regarding artist should do.
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My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions.
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Before examining this more carefully and investigating its consequences, I want to dwell for a moment in the contemplation of God, to ponder His attributes in me, to see, admire, and adore the beauty of His boundless light, insofar as my clouded insight allows. Believing that the supreme happiness of the other life consists wholly of the contemplation of divine greatness, I now find that through less perfect contemplation of the same sort I can gain the greatest joy available in this life.
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Only when we are so old, only, are we aware of the beauty of life.
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The world stood pinned on two thorns. One was ugliness. One was beauty. The truth did not lie in the middle or at either extreme. The truth encompassed both.
