Orson Scott Card Quotes
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
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I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.
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I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
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Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
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I like shooting movies in Thailand very much because the government is so cooperative there. The police help you to close the roads for shooting.
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Understanding what the framers meant can help us. But alone it cannot be enough.
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Belief is not truly belief while doubt can still touch it.
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Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
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I worked a telemarketing job. I always worked those because I always knew how to talk to people and I always knew how to sell because my father was a salesman. He used to sell vacuum cleaners, payroll services to companies, so that was natural for me to go into sales.
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Even the devil gives some justice to his victims, when they're beyond all help.
