Octavia E. Butler Quotes
My race and sex had a great deal more to do with what people believed I could do than with what I actually could do.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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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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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
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It is often constructive to meet with a candidate for a particular office, but I believe what is most important is the candidate's track record.
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I put cocoa butter all over my face and my iconic belly and my arms and legs. Why live rough? Live smooth.
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In Riyadh, there's going to be a huge project that will house at least 12,000 units with inhabitants of approximately 150,000 people. It's like a city within a city.
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Knowledge of the past and an optimistic view of the present give you great opportunities.
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I enjoy going on stage knowing that there's going to be that vulnerability and that transparency and hopefully things will be realized or accomplished or that confidence will be revealed. I think that's another element that people like about shows: in addition to hearing the songs that they love, I think there are some people who really get off on connecting with what's happening right now.
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My race and sex had a great deal more to do with what people believed I could do than with what I actually could do.
