Octavia E. Butler Quotes
I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.
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I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
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We take the show very seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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I don't like to read reviews. Even the good ones you start to analyze: 'Oh, did I do that? I have to make sure I do that again.'
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.
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We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.
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Style is something you either have or don't have.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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The President has so much good publicity potential that hasn't been exploited. He should just sit down one day and make a list of all the things that people are embarrassed to do that they shouldn't be embarrassed to do, and then do them all on television.
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The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.
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I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.
