Octavia E. Butler Quotes
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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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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
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I'm a musician with a very unique mental state, I suppose. I'm agoraphobic. I'm scared to leave my house. I haven't been alone in, like, two years. I'm either with my boyfriend or my assistant, my manager or my tour manager. I won't go anywhere by myself; I'm too terrified.
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I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.
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A man is not learned until he can read, write and swim.
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I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
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I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
