Octavia E. Butler Quotes
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on.
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If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the point where we look at it and realize that we can't fight for him, then we'll fight in the UFC.
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College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.
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I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.
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Shun all vice, especially card playing.
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
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Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution.
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Hockey seems completely lawless and, therefore, inexplicably sexy.
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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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My mom is the most amazing woman ever. She grew up a single mom raising five kids, and she's always told me to follow my dreams. One thing I've learned about her is she sacrificed her whole life for me to focus on my dream, and I cannot wait to do that for my kids.
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Our ports and our borders are the most unprotected fronts in the war on terror.
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I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.
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I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.
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I'm a huge 'Bachelor' fan!
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I just remember watching Federer the first year he won Wimbledon. He was struggling with his back problem. I remember it vividly. It looked like there was a chance he was not going to finish. He had that look in his eye. Then, somehow, he found the wherewithal to dig a little deeper, and suddenly he wins the thing, and he's a different player.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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What might be happening in human beings who experience near death is that they are getting cold, but before they get so cold that they would die, they're actually diminishing their oxygen consumption in a way that is unknown. And that extends their survival limits, so they can appear dead but actually not be dead.
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There’s no narcotic like exhaustion.
