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 use a portable pocket ultrasound device instead of a stethoscope to listen to the heart, and I share it with the patient in real time. 'Look at your valve, look at your heart-muscle strength.' So they're looking at it with me. Normally a patient is tested by an ultrasonographer who is not allowed to tell them anything.
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How to sustain the miracle
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As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.
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As a life-long liberal who has engaged in protests against the government and for civil rights, I am saddened at efforts by some of my fellow liberals to silence commencement speakers with whom they might disagree on some issues.
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I see that time divided is never long, and that regularity abridges all things.
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A pet. In pets, free will was tolerated only as long as the pet owner found it amusing.
