Octavia E. Butler Quotes
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A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.
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I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivates me to go deeper.
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That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.
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Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
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I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I also enjoy making music that wouldn't really suit my own vibe.
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A story never looks as good as when the other fellow buys it.
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I was 25 years old when I arrived in D.C. It was just myself and two people who worked and helped me in the kitchen. I was only cooking for three people most of the time.
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My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
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If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.
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I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that.
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I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable.
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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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To be honest, I don't even exactly know how to set up a Google alert. My brother has me on Google alert. So do my parents. But I'm not even sure how it works.
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It's real nice and exciting for me to break the records, but it's more exciting for me to be on a winning team.
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At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.
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I write in the studio.
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There's still a role for the Association for Israel Studies. But not as the endpoint of scholarship and not as a fortress to defend Israel.
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You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
