Octavia E. Butler Quotes

The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.

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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Fantasy fans are incredibly loyal and passionate. Other people don't want to be seen as passionate about things, they want to be cool and laconic. The great thing about fantasy fans is they'll really get behind a show.

John Bradley-West

GreatPeopleCoolWantPassionate

People compare me to Batistuta, and he is the player I base myself on.

Mauro Icardi

MyselfPeopleMePlayerHeCompare

If you make a movie about Elizabeth I, how much of the dialogue is her real words? Audiences know when they go see a movie that it is fiction.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

WordsYouGoKnowRealSee

I started off doing indie comics that I wrote and drew myself. I was doing those for ten years before I started to work for DC. The first book that I wrote for DC was for another artist. I did some backups in 'Adventure Comics' years ago starring The Atom. That's the first time that I ever wrote for another artist.

Jeff Lemire

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Product downsizing in the face of inflation in order to maintain retail price points has long been used by food companies, notably manufacturers of candy.

John Quelch

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I'm a big Bond fan.

Sondre Lerche

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So, look, in order to move our country forward, we have to do the things our parents and grandparents did. They believed enough in our country to invest in our country, to create jobs, to make modern investments. And those are the things that we need to get back to with a balanced approach.

Martin O'Malley

ParentsForwardEnoughLookCreate

Quality isn't about where the money came from or which company gets to put their name on the thing. What matters is who made the movie and why they made it.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

MoneyQualityNameWhyMattersMade

I'm trying to go through the whole process of high school to college to work.

Devon Sawa

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Vancouver is the square root of negative one. Technically it shouldn't exist, but it does. I can't imagine living anywhere else.

Douglas Coupland

NegativeLivingImagineSquareExist

I started out poking fun at this YouTube thing.

Colleen Ballinger

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For most people, it's easy to be passionate about things that are working out, and that distorts our impression of the importance of passion. I've been involved in several dozen business ventures over the course of my life, and each one made me excited at the start. You might even call it passion.

Scott Adams

LifeBusinessPassionPeopleStart

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