Nalo Hopkinson Quotes

You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.

Nalo Hopkinson

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Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life.

Joe Eszterhas

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I don't remember ever not knowing about acting.

Jennifer Grey

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Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should be... a goal of reporters today.

John Ensign

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My son loves my carbonara. I've tried to master that recipe - it's very simple but very delicate. Once prepared it must be eaten quickly.

Andy Garcia

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I don't like getting dressed up. It's hard because as a woman, as an actor, the whole world wants you to enjoy dressing up.

Andrea Riseborough

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You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

Andrew J. Bernstein

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Would not the child's heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm sunlight of love from the eyes of mother and father did not shine upon him like the soft reflection of divine light and love?

Max Muller

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My parents split up when I was young, and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.

Ani DiFranco

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I'm sure there were concussions galore back when we played, but the doctors would just say, 'Shake it off,' or something like that... or 'Come on, you got to be tough... get back in there.' I see so many guys who played pro football in their 50s now who are so debilitated from having played it.

Marv Levy

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John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film.

Mink Stole

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I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque.

Minka Kelly

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When you say, 'I'm going to sing it once, and everyone is going to hear it forever,' that's kind of frightening.

Johnny Mathis

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