Orson Scott Card Quotes
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I started composting in 1970 by taking my food scraps out behind where I lived and burying them in a hole next to the railroad tracks - and green things started to grow there!
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The life of an actor can be very enviable.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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Just to go into a shop without getting stared at would be nice. I mean, I don't walk around like, 'Oh, I'm trying to be famous' - I try to lead as normal a life as possible - but sometimes it's annoying. It's fine; it's not a massive problem, but sometimes it's just a bit uncomfortable.
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You get to bring your own sound system when you play an arena, all the lights and visual stuff, which I think is really cool. There's something about those old arenas, where it feels larger than life.
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Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.
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My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.
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After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.
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But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.
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There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life.
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Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
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I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new.
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I love being a husband and a father. That aspect of my life has been a joy.
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Even a happy life has a sad day. We fail to provide a context which says it's okay to cry, it's okay to be sad. So I think making the space for suffering is so important and making space for this expression of feelings in community.
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It's been a long time since I've been me.
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It's an embarrassment of riches because you have directors who don't better. You end up with so much stuff going on the screen that you don't know where to look, and that's what I consider self-indulgent.
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You spend your whole life grieving for those who haven’t died yet.
