Orson Scott Card Quotes
Before the story he refused to even think about it; after the story, it became conceivable to him, and, once he could conceive of it, it soon became inevitable.
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I'm a good driver.
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And after I compose my programs, but it is very easy because I look to the music in a very natural way without fuss, and so I look always music, in my home, like books and books and books, choose books and you read the pages, so I do this with music, and I make programs.
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This is the conundrum of the present regimes in the Arab world. They still want to control youth; they want to be in control as they did in the 1950s and '60s. But that doesn't work anymore. Now with just a Wi-Fi link, you can understand what's happening in the world.
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I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that's just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work.
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My God, I don't know anyone who likes to accumulate their wealth more than the Europeans.
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I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do not share my point of view.
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I believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities.
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I'm not a snob. I can make a meal out of anything. I can eat anywhere.
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I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.
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I try to be as thoughtful as I can about everything that comes out of my mouth and not reinforce sexism.
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In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is almost the assumption that I would be married to a white woman.
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You should not quarrel with your neighbour, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people.
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My mother turned me onto St. Jude back in the days when I was wild and crazy. She took me to the shrine on Rampart Street.
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In some ways, the '60s were a reaction to the '50s and the intensity of the Cold War.
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I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures in my head when I'm writing my books.
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.
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I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer.
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One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones.
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People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play.
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I had planned to retire when I was 13, ... I had wanted to be a veterinarian.
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The best scheme of Phonetics is a stiff uncertain thing.
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Before the story he refused to even think about it; after the story, it became conceivable to him, and, once he could conceive of it, it soon became inevitable.
