Lisa Tuttle Quotes
I'm quite a rational person, but I'm drawn to the irrational. I love coincidences, and I like to question that in fiction: 'Is this random, or is there something working underneath?'
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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The virtues of the blockchain is that it would be that it's peer-to-peer settlement - no centralized settlement, no manipulation... And most importantly, there's nothing to capture. It's consensus based. It's stateless.
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The latest revelation - from no Mount Sinai, Sermon on the Mount or Bo tree - is the outcry of mute things themselves that we must heed by curbing our powers over creation, lest we perish together on a wasteland of what that creation once was.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.
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Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
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I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?"
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A mother's pride, a father's joy.
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I worked with Tyler before on 'Daddy's Little Girls'. He couldn't be smarter or more laid back and cool. He's always throwing out lines and is funny as hell. And he was shining his light on 'Peeples', too, lending his name to showcase Tina as a first-time director, and me as a first-time lead.
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There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these things will be true for a time. The question becomes, What are the consequences? Who enforces the consequences? What are the worst consequences?
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I'm quite a rational person, but I'm drawn to the irrational. I love coincidences, and I like to question that in fiction: 'Is this random, or is there something working underneath?'
