Orson Scott Card Quotes
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I'm a lot more introspective than one would believe.
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I grew up in an affluent suburban world and never worried about money until I'd grown up and found wonderfully original ways to screw up my life.
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A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.
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Less make-up is better, and it's always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.
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Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.
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Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
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I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent.
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There are a lot of competitive girls in the industry, so you just find the ones who share your mentality.
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Japan is the only country in the world which suffered from the scourge of nuclear weapons.
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I was acting since I was a kid, going to drama classes and being involved in every school play and musical that I could get my hands on, so it was something that was a part of me from a very early age.
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You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.
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For me, the key is years of the blessed filmmakers I've worked with giving me permission to be bold and jump off cliffs and to be boundaryless. I would put David Lynch at the top of that list.
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I've met a lot of people since I was around four years old, some really big ones along the way, and I don't think I've met anyone who's as generous of spirit as Quentin Tarantino.
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Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.
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I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.
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I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.
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I went from unknown to having no anonymity.
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Tonight I won't be alone
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My dad and I used to shoot little one-stop animations on an old 8mm film camera when I was no more than 7 or 8, and when he was away at work, I would keep shooting nonsensical, short animated films using 'Star Wars' figures or Smurfs - depended what the narrative was.
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We need to create a world that is equitable, that is stable and a world where we bear in mind the needs of others, and not only what we need immediately. We are all in the same boat.
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I have an almost religious zeal... not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervous system of mother Earth, which I see as a living creature, linking up.
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Death's the discarder.
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It never occurred to you that they might be flattering you, because you don't lie.
