Orson Scott Card Quotes
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I was an expert horseman.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
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Usually in TV... A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
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India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.
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Stories come from other shows at other studios where only 2,000 rounds were actually used and the money for the other 3,000 went right into the studio pockets. Corners were cut and that production suffered. Knock wood, that hasn't happened to us.
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I don't attend costume parties.
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I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't think it's a word that necessarily classes music.
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I am - and have always been - a Methodist.
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
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I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time.
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If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how 'important' it is?
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I’ve known Donald (Trump) for a few decades, and what you can say without argument is that he’s a good father. His kids have turned out really well. There’s nothing bad you can say about that.
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I brought home a baby without telling [husband John McCain], and he not only took it in stride but loved it, immediately embracing Bridget, who shares John's very dry sense of humor, so she and her dad do pretty well together. If I hadn't taken Bridget out, I think she would have become a prostitute or worse, died.
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I just don't want to get in a situation where I'm negotiating my health for money.
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I's lonely to stay inside oneself.
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Knowing was better than not knowing. But not by much.
