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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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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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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The people at the bottom who are working but working at relatively low wages need some help.
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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
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I was eleven and I wanted to play it because it was in my blood. It was a feeling I couldn't deny.
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I grew up in London, and that's where I spend most of my time. Unless I have a really good reason not to be, I'll always be in London.
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And the sad act like lepersThey stick to the shadowsThey long to ring bells of warningTo tell of their comingSo that the pure can shut their doors.
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In the very early stages of working in sports, I was sick of being referred to as "the Barbie doll" because I had long, blond, fake hair. So I went and bought a boxed hair color, dyed my hair black, and put on glasses. And I looked ridiculous. I looked like a completely different person. I was trying to get away from the stereotype but what I realized in doing that is that what I say and how I conduct myself in what I do will speak for itself, and I don't need to apologize for being a woman in that space.
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A pet. In pets, free will was tolerated only as long as the pet owner found it amusing.
