Octavia E. Butler Quotes
Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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Some of the natural world is appealing, some of it is terrifying, and some of it grosses us out. Modern people don't want to be dropped naked into a swamp. We want to tour Yosemite with our water bottles and G.P.S. devices. The natural world is a source of happiness and fulfillment, but only when prescribed in the right doses.
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If you asked me to go back to being 14 or 15, I couldn't - it was a terrifying time. I was so awkward in my own skin. I used to hide behind my hair because I was so ridiculously self-conscious.
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You can't write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too.
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It is certainly possible that the Greek economy can revive and achieve some growth over the years ahead.
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Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility.
