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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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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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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My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions.
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I was 28 before I started putting on productions. I got in the back door by doing fringe shows and a lot of assisting, and I learned on the job. There weren't many female directors when I was starting out. I slowly gained confidence and understanding of the theater, but on my own terms.
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Simply, if you're working with good material, then it's right there, and you don't have to try so hard as an actor; you don't have to do so much. Just let the material sit inside you and let it come out. Just say the words. That was the main thing that I learned from doing Aaron Sorkin's work - say the words, and everything else will happen.
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Some of us are interested in directors, but really the vast majority of us are interested in actors. You experience the films through the actors, so they're all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy or hatred or wherever they settle into your imagination.
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I was never an ambitious girl, or even a self-confident one. I never went in for beauty pageants or wore a stitch of make-up until I went to Los Angeles.
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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.
