Tanith Lee Quotes
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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I have learned to be patient.
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Many people focus on my power and talk about my power, but I have many more qualities in the ring. I like to surprise everyone.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not weapons of mass destruction, they are weapons of self-destruction.
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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Your true nature doesn't come out. So the gods let you do what you want because free will would be compromised if they showed up at the White House saying, 'Take us to your leader.'
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.
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I'm self-taught and emailed photographers I knew if I had questions I couldn't figure out from the manual or online.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have.
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The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff.
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So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president.
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You'd think skiing wouldn't be strenuous - all you have to do, after all, is start at the top and let gravity pull you to the dessert bar in the lodge. But at those elevations, you'll find about as much oxygen as you'll find kindness from your children. It's like spending six hours holding your breath.
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A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is – full of surprises.
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I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
