Tananarive Due Quotes
I started out with almost entirely black fans except for a little handful of people in the horror writers' community, and those people really liked horror, you know. They will go to any lengths and read whomever they can find because they like that feeling of being scared.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don't evolve.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy.
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Performing on stage is what I've done since I was a kid and it's where the passion that has started from the very beginning for me, and that's what I'm going to enjoy.
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It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out.
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If pluralism and academic freedom are to be used to defend liberal speakers and ideas, they ought to be equally valid for conservative views.
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Never confuse perfection with production. People who don’t make mistakes aren’t doing anything.
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The best way to bring people in and have them empathize with others is through storytelling.
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I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me.
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I started out with almost entirely black fans except for a little handful of people in the horror writers' community, and those people really liked horror, you know. They will go to any lengths and read whomever they can find because they like that feeling of being scared.
