Orson Scott Card Quotes
How could you tell, when utter honesty and cynical manipulation would each account completely for the things she said and did?
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Modesty is good. But not when it comes at the cost of honesty.
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She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.
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I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths.
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I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.
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My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.
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When I had my first boy it all started and that male energy seemed to keep me awake but since my daughter, who's incredibly serene, I can't seem to stop sleeping because she's asleep all the time. It's a pattern.
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I once literally had a casting director ask my agent, 'Can she play anything other than a drunk?'
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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When I was in college my girl got me a job at the doctor's office she was working at. I was a file clerk. No disrespect but I don't think a man can do that job. It takes so much meticulous and precise file-keeping.
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If a little black girl in Montgomery, Alabama, or some far-reaching region sees something that I do and aspires to do it one day with the knowledge that she can achieve it, then hey, my work is done.
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I try to perform honestly during the fight, and I always remember that I'm a representative of Russia. I try not to bring any aggression. Just honesty.
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I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular.
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I love Amy Adams. She is wonderful. Evan Rachel Wood is a blast. I am also really excited about Ari Graynor from 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' and 'American Crime.' I think it is an exciting time for young women in this industry. I am excited to make my own path.
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I feel able to steal from Emily Dickinson because she's both wonderful and dead.
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My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what one of my brothers does-he works in a shoe repair shop. If my career ever tapers off, I'll go to college.
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There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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With gentle hand, as seeming oft to pause,The purple curtains of the morn she draws.
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Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell Revisits the Band’s Five Records. Noisey (June 7, 2018).
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I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on.
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Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote.
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The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
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How could you tell, when utter honesty and cynical manipulation would each account completely for the things she said and did?
