Orson Scott Card Quotes
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I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.
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But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.'
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The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.
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I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
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If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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Mainly, I hope to inspire honesty. We live in a space where so much can be manipulated, and so much is expected to be manipulated - curated, contrived, edited. I think that's a real detriment to self expression and happiness in a lot of ways. In my mind, honesty and vulnerability is the way forward.
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We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
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I don't read a lot of magazines, but when I'm traveling, I'll pick up a copy of 'Vanity Fair' to read on the plane - it's like a full meal! The articles are so good, especially the crime stories. Browsing the Web is more like snacking - but I live on snacks.
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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I have always been clear that cinema is not my priority and that my family is.
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Life is too short to live the same day twice. So each new day make sure you live your life.
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Not everybody who is overweight comes from deprived backgrounds, but that's where the propensity lies.
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Before anything else, I started painting bulls and matadors. That was my initiation to paint.
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Nam petere imperium quod inanest nec datur umquam, atque in eo semper durum sufferre laborem,hoc est adverso nixantem trudere montesaxa quod tamen e summo iam vertice rursumvolvitur et plani raptim petit aequora campi.
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Some amount of support from government and regulator is required when you are looking at resolving systemic issues.
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The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.
