Octavia E. Butler Quotes
...I realized that I knew less about loneliness than I had thought - and much less than I would know when he went away.
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I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
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I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but I'm not a gearhead. I've never been into fixing cars. It's not because I don't like it. I would love to know more. It's just my dad never taught me that stuff because my dad wasn't a mechanic.
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
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I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.
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My God, I don't know anyone who likes to accumulate their wealth more than the Europeans.
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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do and then just go for it. I never know what the public's going to like, anyway.
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The social system grows rigid but the productive forces continue to expand, and conflict ensues between the forces of production and the social conditions of production.
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You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
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I know what I've done, and I know who I am.
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It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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In case you don't know this, we're not in the '90s anymore. Indie cinema does not reign.
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The years teach much which the days never know.
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I think becoming a scientist is the product of parents who gave me enormous opportunities to master nature.
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The term 'hero' irritates me greatly.
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I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it looks like and what's inside it, and that's not something I want anyone to know.
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I mean, we sit around and we go, you know, 'Torture doesn't work.' Well, it's been around for 5,000 years. Most stuff that doesn't work goes the way of the dodo pretty quick, like waterbeds and 8-tracks and things like that.
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You've got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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I think it would be pompous to say I am an underrated actor. I don't think it is for me to think and decide; it is for people to decide. But I am glad I am underrated than being overrated - that is something I would find hard to digest.
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The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one. A Stanford study showed that those who saw a photo of their future self made smarter financial decisions.
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There is plenty of room for us all to succeed and carve our own path.
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...I realized that I knew less about loneliness than I had thought - and much less than I would know when he went away.
