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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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 don't have any regrets at all.
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I've had experiences where I wasn't allowed to change words around at all because you have to say everything, exactly as written on the page. That's not fun for me. For me, part of being an actor is being able to contribute to a character's rhythms. If there's room to explore, you find a happy medium.
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Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on.
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We're constantly re-evaluating the potential for life. We're finding it where we didn't think it could exist, such as volcanic vents and other extreme conditions like under arctic ice. We're finding life in these incredibly harsh and dynamic conditions, so we're having to re-evaluate our own ideas of what's possible on this planet alone.
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The biggest road block to action on genocide and other human rights crimes is ignorance. Most people just don't know that such things are happening, and often, if they have a vague idea they are happening, there is a feeling that there is nothing that can be done to stop these crimes.
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No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband. It's tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.
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A pet. In pets, free will was tolerated only as long as the pet owner found it amusing.