Octavia E. Butler Quotes
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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I was a really big kid.
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I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.
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I'm not a big traveller.
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I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.
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Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them.
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The big bulk of the response to antidepressants is the placebo response.
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The Internet is so big that no one can control anything, really.
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I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.
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I grew up on the rough side of the tracks. If you looked like you were soft, you would be fodder for the wolves. I came up in my neighbourhood like, 'I'm just gonna be me,' and all the thugs just said, 'It's OK, he's special.' They knew I had the talent with the rhymes, so they kept me around.
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It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.
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Age is just a number, and your talent will never fail you. It has no expiry date.
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The Internet is the Viagra of big business.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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I'm a big Peyton Manning fan.
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On many occasions, an informal buffet and casual seating offer a little more intimacy than a loud gathering around a big table.
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Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.
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Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
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I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.
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What I have in me... it's not hard, and it's not cold, and it's not fierce ambition, that's not what it is. It's a drive [for success], but it's not a drive...it's being driven, it's something I have no control over. It's something pushing me, I'm not pushing myself.
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Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
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I understand what happens to the brain when people are near death, and I had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly out-of-body journeys described by those who narrowly escaped death.
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The big talent is persistence.
