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
Quotes to Explore
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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 -
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 -
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
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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 -
A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
Harlan Coben -
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
Jack Nicholson
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Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government.
John McCain -
The Black Watch is one of the most illustrious regiments. They've been at the vanguard of British military operations for 400 years. Something they're very proud of is what they call 'The Golden Thread,' where you can trace a line back from them to the first Black Watch soldiers who were from the Highlands, spoke Gaelic, and wore the kilt.
John Tiffany -
When student performance shows increases on test scores, that improvement is not associated with an increase in 'fluid intelligence' - that is, using logical thinking and problem solving in novel situations, rather than recalling previously learned facts and skills.
Randi Weingarten -
Heart of my heart, the world is young; Love lies hidden in every rose! Every song that the skylark sung Once, we thought, must come to a close: Now we know the spirit of song, Song that is merged in the chant of the whole, Hand in hand as we wander along, What should we doubt of the years that roll?
Alfred Noyes -
I hardly see myself as a futurist.
Dick Wolf -
'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