Octavia E. Butler Quotes
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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Imperfection is perfection.
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Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don't have the sensitivity or decency. I'm a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don't suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future.
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.
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I worked on the workshop of 'Topdog/Underdog' before it went to Broadway. My minor in school was theater, so I'm based in that, and then I moved to Los Angeles.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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Cynicism is humor in ill health.
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When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.
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I try to keep myself as normal as possible. Stardom is transient. People forget you after a while.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
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Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
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The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors.
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There are so many devices that can receive video, creating complexities, because suddenly you can have a TV, laptop, smartphone, pads. And they are of different sizes. It's clear that you need to standardise and get a much more efficient TV delivery.
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They pollute. It's not because morally they have a problem, but more because the mechanism now is rewarding those who cut corners to save cost.
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What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than giving a full picture of a particular situation.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
