Elizabeth Bear Quotes
Amazing what people can fail to see when it’s a man doing it to a woman, even a respectable-looking woman.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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Singing for me has always been a joyous but private pleasure that connects me in a lyric thread to my beloved grandmother Alice.
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I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I just always want to play people. I don't want it to be necessarily that you relate to the character as female or male, but that you relate to them as a person. That's the driving force.
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I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.
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Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.
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I've found just the right amount of balance in my life. I'm this pop artist in America, but I'm also Malaysian. And I'm also Muslim.
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Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.
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It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.
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I have a Facebook page for me and my friends and a Twitter page.
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I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. He's an amazing director and I can't wait to see the long version.
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People have to start realizing that money is just a fiction, an idea.
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If it's in people's interest to invest in renewables and invest in clean technologies, I'm convinced it will happen.
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People are trying to grab every part of you, so it's really hard to focus.
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There's no question there needs to be higher-paying opportunities for women. It's not that it hasn't existed in certain categories: Certain women have made a lot of money... Jennifer Lawrence... is being paid a lot of money, rightfully so, for the franchises she's in.
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People don't have to agree with me. They can say, 'My gosh, I can't believe I'm listening to this guy. I can't disagree with him more.' But at least they know that I'm going to fight for things that I believe in. And I don't need to be in formal office to do that.
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The object of a comedy is not to correct morals or ridicule the vices of society; no, a comedy should depict the discrepancies between life and purpose, should be the fruit of bitter indignation aroused by the degradation of human dignity, should be sarcasm, and not an epigram, convulsive laughter and not an amused grin, should be written with bile and not diluted salt, in a word, it should embrace life in its highest significance.
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Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job.
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This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.
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I feel my role is to push boundaries. I don't like things to be safe and sedentary. So controversy is the cross I have to bear.
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Amazing what people can fail to see when it’s a man doing it to a woman, even a respectable-looking woman.
