Octavia E. Butler Quotes

The big talent is persistence.

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006

Topics

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There's different ways to win in this league. It's not always going to be pretty.

Jimmy Garoppolo

WinAlwaysPrettyGoingDifferent

I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.

Jim Webb

LeadershipLongCrisisVietnam

You are not going to change me and if you do, it will look like a fraud, it will be a fraud.

John Key

ChangeMeYouLookWillFraud

Skunk works differed from advanced research groups in that they were more than just product development groups. They had direct interaction with customers and controlled a sales channel which allowed them to negotiate their own deals with customers.

Steve Blank

ResearchDevelopmentMoreSalesOwn

That's part of fashion's promise: that a girlfriend or boyfriend or a promotion are just one tie or sweater or pair of shoes away.

Rumaan Alam

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I can't say I'm a Bond girl because I'm too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman. But I'm proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man.

Monica Bellucci

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Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.

Josh Groban

GoodYourselfMeTryBeing Yourself

The emergence of Uber X was really the most important pivot maybe in the history of Silicon Valley. It's a vast majority of Uber's revenues, and so that flexibility and the rapid growth and the fighting the battles, it's all Travis. You can't take any credit away from him.

Brad Stone

GrowthHistoryFightingCreditYou

I wasn't the most confident of cooks, but I just persevered, and I wanted to learn, and I wanted to be a sponge, and I wanted to be better than the next person, and I wanted to learn as much as I could, so I just kept pushing, and it took me a long time actually to be confident in my technique and my ability as a cook.

April Bloomfield

TimeMeConfidentBetterLearnLong

If two actors can communicate well during a scene, it works and makes for good chemistry.

Ashish Sharma

GoodChemistryTwoWellCommunicate

In this crazy, crazy world of figure skating, it is easy to focus on a name or a target. But when you are going after someone, it really only holds you back from what you are capable of yourself.

Ashley Wagner

FocusYourselfCrazyWorldNameYou

A lot of times, you think of things as being science fiction, but the creation of the ideas makes you want to solve them. Then, in solving them, they give us greater capability.

Peggy Whitson

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