Octavia E. Butler Quotes
A pet. In pets, free will was tolerated only as long as the pet owner found it amusing.

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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
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I had a Ford F-250. It was a big ol' farm truck, but it wasn't a rig. That's about the biggest I've ever driven. That's what I drove back and forth to high school. I was a poor guy, and it was a truck that my uncle owned and let me drive because I had no money.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
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I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.
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I'm not a huge fan of my work.
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Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.
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Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
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When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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I've had this theory for a while, but I think there needs to be a message with the end of 'Game of Thrones.' You know? I think what needs to happen is ice and fire are going to go to war, a huge war between those two factions, and I think, in that war, they will destroy themselves. There will be complete chaos, complete destruction.
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We hope to encourage George and Charlotte to speak about their feelings, and to give them the tools and sensitivity to be supportive peers to their friends as they get older.
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I'm a huge fan of Rascal Flatts and a huge fan of Kelsea Ballerini, too.
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I just think it looks so cool when a woman has a dirty martini. She looks so powerful.
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We are dying, we are dying, piecemeal our bodies are dying and our strength leaves us, and our soul cowers naked in the dark rain over the flood, cowering in the last branches of the tree of our life.
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As a general rule, governments are unlimited in their powers. All free governments, perhaps all other governments, are entitled in some shape or other to make laws and to repeal or amend them.
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A pet. In pets, free will was tolerated only as long as the pet owner found it amusing.