Octavia E. Butler Quotes
Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.
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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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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
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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 have a great office.
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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 spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.
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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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Sometimes as an actor, it's really hard to give yourself permission to take your time and move slowly and not feel like you're holding people up or you should be going faster.
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One of my first purchases after I signed to RCA was a BMW. I was driving on the highway, and I heard 'Don't' come on. It was a real moment.
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What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don't only listen to the guitar player.
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A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. But what effect would it have on the broader U.S. economy? If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
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Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.
