Octavia E. Butler Quotes
Change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of the universe. To us, that makes it the most powerful reality, and just another word for God. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina
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Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.
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You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.
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I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed.
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I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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What worries me is that conservative thought is moving quickly, but we're kind of the pachyderms in Congress because things move so slowly.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.
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That is the returning to God which in reality is never concluded on earth but yet leaves behind in the soul a divine home sickness, which never again ceases.
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We are perfect. According to God, we are perfect, yet we know that we are sinners. We believe in the fact that we are both saints and sinners at the same time as we live in this world.
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My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy. I will dedicate my life to making our democracy reach its fullest potential: that of ensuring equality for all. My family has sacrificed much and I am willing to do this again if necessary.
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Small mind competes, big mind collaborates and great mind encompasses.
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Change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of the universe. To us, that makes it the most powerful reality, and just another word for God. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina
