Orson Scott Card Quotes
I had never believed I had a soul until then, when it laid bare a hurt more deep than any part of me could bear.
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When I initially moved to the city, I had to stay in hotels for almost two years. I was fed up of that life, and it was then that I decided that I wanted a home in the city, so I shifted base permanently.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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My sister's a singer, and she's on Twitter, and she has millions of followers. I wonder how that helps her. I think it does to an extent. I think she gets free things.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.
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If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the unsympathetic behavior. Almost always at the bottom of it is some deep insecurity. Putting your finger on what each individual's particular insecurity is goes a long way to fleshing that person out.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
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In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.
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If I get too type-cast, that's the worst possible scenario.
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To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.
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New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.
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I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
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Well, I'm a professional.
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My red patent-leather, 5-inch peep-toe slingbacks are not mere shoes. They are fine art. They make me feel tall. They make me feel sexy. They make me feel powerful. I call them my 'special-day shoes.'
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I love writing comedy.
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The music of the spinning wheel will be as balm to your soul.
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I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining, because I'm free, nothing's worrying me.
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I had never believed I had a soul until then, when it laid bare a hurt more deep than any part of me could bear.
