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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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 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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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 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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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
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Drugs scared me.
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College wasn't something I saw myself doing.
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I used to always run off at the mouth and talk about people. I just didn't know that it would make a living for me.
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My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
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'Lost' makes a lot of sense to me, philosophically.
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In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.
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As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing the people of Oregon what they want and need most - an era of hope, change, and economic renewal.
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Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
