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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I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.'
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Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes from the barrel of a gun can be effective only for a short time. In the end, peoples love for truth, justice, freedom, and democracy will triumph. No matter what governments do, the human spirit will always prevail.
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It always feels good to come back here. I love New York... it's just nice to see a lot of familiar faces.
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Balenciaga was my religion. Since I'm a believer, for me, there's Balenciaga, and the good Lord.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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I'm losing Savanna.That's good. No one should own someone else.
