Ellen Kushner Quotes
All the while he's been moving towards her, both stoat to rabbit and moth to flame. And she's staring at him, flame-bright and rabbit-scared, too brave to look away.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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I usually sleep just a few hours a night.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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My motto is more, 'If you want to find something new, look for something new!' There is a certain amount of risk in this attitude, as even the slightest failure tends to be resounding, but you are so happy when you succeed that it is worth taking the risk.
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.
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Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.
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When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.
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'The scientific approach to life is not necessarily appropriate to states of visceral anguish.'
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When I was eleven years old, I basically looked the same as I do now.
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Every day, I pinch myself. It has been an incredible journey.
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I hate bananas so much, it verges on a phobia.
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My parents both defected from communist Hungary and were what most people would today call libertarian. I grew up with a general distaste for taxation and any policy that intruded on our lives.
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I didn't really plan on fame. I never really factored that part into my life.
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For me, it's sort of like a cultural democracy or musical socialism to take a stand and get out of the major cities if you can.
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Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women.
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It's incredibly disturbing when a country, particularly your own country, uses discrimination as a basis for an investigation.
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All the while he's been moving towards her, both stoat to rabbit and moth to flame. And she's staring at him, flame-bright and rabbit-scared, too brave to look away.
