Octavia E. Butler Quotes
'From what I’ve read,' I said to him, 'the world goes crazy every three or four decades. The trick is to survive until it goes sane again.'Octavia E. Butler
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
Adam Braun -
I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
Harlan Ellison -
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
Bebe Rexha -
I've always performed. I've done plays at home.
Odeya Rush -
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
Yo-Yo Ma -
I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
K. A. Applegate
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
S. J. Perelman -
Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
Ian Lustick -
I'm not the type of person that is forced.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
Gavin Andresen -
Elves are cool, man.
Orlando Bloom -
Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
Ted Cruz
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
Caitlin Moran -
You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh -
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
Baltasar Gracian -
When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
Gary Cole -
I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
Dan Futterman -
No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
Zola Jesus
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I relate to the feeling that Da Vinci was often plagued by the idea that what he did wasn't good enough, that he was his harshest critic. He'd sometimes destroy what he was working on.
David S. Goyer -
Anytime anybody does anything - unless it's in the realm of the obviously awful, which is fun too in a different way - it is in many ways a success.
Gabriel Mann -
I was a guy who abandoned a TV show. I didn't care about people.
David Caruso -
'From what I’ve read,' I said to him, 'the world goes crazy every three or four decades. The trick is to survive until it goes sane again.'
Octavia E. Butler