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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So I guess I'll remain the same. Sittin' here restin' my bones. Wish this loneliness would leave me alone. For 2,000 miles I roamedJust to make this dock my home. Sittin' on the dock of the bay, Watchin' the tide roll away. Sittin' on the dock of the bay, Wastin' time.
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I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
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Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces.
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...When someone asks me to help create a room my first reaction, if I do not already know the person, is to try to feel out what he or she really wants the room to be and to understand, if possible, what "memory," old or new, has brought this idea about.
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There’s no narcotic like exhaustion.
