Orson Scott Card Quotes
It was always from the love of strong women that he had found whatever joy had been granted him in his life.
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What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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I would like to direct.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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If I don't get healthy food, my staff cooks for me.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.
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But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!
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I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.
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You do not know what she did not only to me but to the little children. She has tortured them, turned them against me, lied to them.
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Eyeliner is a go-to for me, and gold has always been a color that I really like. It's reminiscent of a lion; it's a strong color.
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I think a CEO lives or dies in whether he's been able to hold on to elements of culture that are needed in the company.
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I feel like I'm still learning a lot. I think there's a tendency for people who are just doing their first couple of films that I see now where they seem to be really resentful of the technical limitations that come along with filmmaking.
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It was always from the love of strong women that he had found whatever joy had been granted him in his life.
