Octavia E. Butler Quotes
Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
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When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time.
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Of all the places I've ever been, Austin is the only place that has felt like home. I fit in here.
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People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on...like 'California Girls' which was a hymn to youth.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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I hate the term 'philanthropist.'
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I realised that God has placed Christians everywhere, to support each other, to support the needy in those areas, and that is the thing that I find is a great plus.
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Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.
