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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David - the man after God's own heart - was a man of war and a mighty man of valour. When all Israel were on the run, David faced Goliath - alone... with God - and he but a stripling, and well scolded, too, by his brother for having come to see the battle.
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You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
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Focusing on the good isn’t just about overcoming our inner grump to see the glass half full. It’s about opening our minds to the ideas and opportunities that will help us be more productive, effective, and successful at work and in life.
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I'm part of a really big family.
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Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.
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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
