Octavia E. Butler Quotes
I don't write about good and evil with this enormous dichotomy. I write about people. I write about people doing the kinds of things that people do.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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The press don't wake up in the morning simply to be a mouthpiece for pols - they're out to uncover and expose news. That often is at odds with what politicians are setting out to do - it's both symbiotic and antagonistic. They need each other, they work in concert with one another, they work against one another.
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People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.
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I studied psychology for a couple of years as a personal hobby, so you start learning about people and listening to your intuition, like when you you're feeling that people are not being entirely straight with you.
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It's an interesting thing about being a 'fem.' People automatically assume that I'm straight.
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Sugarcoating doesn't do anybody any good.
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I don't write about good and evil with this enormous dichotomy. I write about people. I write about people doing the kinds of things that people do.
