Orson Scott Card Quotes
There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.
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The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.
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Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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Love will make a way out of no way.
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I listen to music constantly while writing.
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I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.
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I really have to edit myself - I need someone with a censor button around me all the time. I'm just a little unaware of what's deemed appropriate.
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There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.
