Orson Scott Card Quotes
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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The surface is all you get of me.
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I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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The squandering of oil and gas is associated with one of the greatest tragedies, not in the least resolved, which is suffered by humankind: climate change.
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I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again.
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Federal law should hold organizations like the League of Women Voters harmless if they make good-faith mistakes while registering people.
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I'm more into human nature than politics. But they're intertwined. Obviously, I live in civilization, so politics are part of my life.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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I'm losing Savanna.That's good. No one should own someone else.
