Octavia E. Butler Quotes
I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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We are in a democracy, and I think for all issues, whatever matters that the opposition may have apprehension on, there is a forum, and it is called Parliament.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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Arianna Huffington has exercised her renowned wisdom to give journalism another boost along the ever busier Internet. Her blog site promises to be an interesting challenge for those of us lucky enough to be invited to participate with our occasional contributions.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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The great object is that every man be armed.
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The first dance performance I saw was Joffrey Ballet doing 'Billboards' to Prince.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted.
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There's nothing I'd say that keeps me awake at night, but I think that - when you're working with a group of people that are so beyond talented - that, every day, you wake up going, 'All right, I gotta fight to stay at the same level as these people.' That's what makes it fun.
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I hardly even leave my own house.
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I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision.
