Octavia E. Butler Quotes
Humans were genetically inclined to be intolerant of difference. They could overcome the inclination, but it was a reality of the Human conflict that they often did not.Octavia E. Butler
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In many, many parts of the world, being a female, you're really just wallpaper. If you take care to blend in, no one would think in a thousand years that you were doing anything suspicious.
Valerie Plame -
God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.
Saint Ambrose -
I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
Aaron Paul -
You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.
Carlos Ghosn -
I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
Dan Brown -
I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
Bebe Rexha
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
Salman Rushdie -
I so never went through a bad-girl period.
Maggie Siff -
I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
Barry Goldwater -
I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
Mahesh Babu -
I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
Kate DiCamillo -
It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
Ira Glass
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change.
Maajid Nawaz -
I'm not really a food connoisseur.
Aasif Mandvi -
A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.
Tea Obreht -
I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.
Ziggy Marley -
I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette.
Olivia Wilde
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Natalia Vodianova is a model who always did it right. She was able to just put her personality out there, and I try to do that all the time.
Elsa Hosk -
Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the Great Babel, and not feel the crowd.
William Cowper -
'Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.
Demian Bichir -
I realized all the writing I love lives in the gray area.
Marti Noxon -
When you watch these reality shows, the person that is hated on the most is usually the one that gets the most shine.
NeNe Leakes -
Humans were genetically inclined to be intolerant of difference. They could overcome the inclination, but it was a reality of the Human conflict that they often did not.
Octavia E. Butler