Octavia E. Butler Quotes

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EarlyConscienceI Was RaisedBaptist

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.

Jeremy Irons

TrainingNowTheaterAptitude

I was a skinny 17-year-old.

Roger Rees

Skinny

I grew up listening to bachata, to some of the greats of the genre. But it was very natural for me to create this type of fusion and to incorporate new beats.

Romeo Santos

MeListeningCreateNewUpNatural

I love my martial arts and action movies. They give another dimension to the acting world: the emotional plus the physical.

Michelle Yeoh

LoveWorldActionActingMovies

I think the story is important in every business. Why do you exist, why are you here, why is your product different, why should I pay attention, why should I care?

Jason Fried

BusinessStoryThinkCareAttention

I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.

Dionne Warwick

MeForwardLookBackDesireWant

You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

Derek Jeter

WorldYouUpShowJustAccidentally

I have no projects on the horizon. I don't feel frustrated. It's a great life lesson for me.

Christine Taylor

LifeGreatMeHorizonFeelLesson

When I was a 12-year-old middle-schooler in Richmond, Virginia, my local newspaper published an op-ed that I wrote all by myself.

Constance Wu

MyselfNewspaperPublishedVirginia

I've always been, I guess, pretty cool.

Brooks Koepka

CoolAlwaysPrettyBeenGuess

I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

LoveGunMoviesInterestEvery

I feel that, historically, the Art Deco period has the most resonance for me. As a person, it has to be the plucky Clara Bow, the heroine of American silent movies of the 1920s. She embodied feminine dressing mixed with men's style. All this then evolved into the exquisite style and simplicity of Coco Chanel.

Anouska Hempel

StyleArtMenSimplicityMeFeel

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