Orson Scott Card Quotes
Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free.
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If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.
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It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
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All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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I don't feel closeted.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
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I entered the industry at very young age, and I was like any normal girl at the age of 17 or 18. At that age, most girls are a little plump.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
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I think I was about 18 before I decided I wanted to pursue acting. I went to drama school in Western Australia when I was 19.
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The way people communicate is changing, and no one knows this better than teens. We are using images to talk to each other, to communicate what we're doing, what we're thinking, and to tell stories.
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It's not a matter of if economies around the world becoming low-carbon, but when and how: through struggle and strife or through advancement and progressive leadership. Larry Elliot described it today as the 'Green New Deal.' It's a leadership we in Britain can provide, and from which our economy can benefit.
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You know when they say you need to put people who go well together? I much prefer to put people who fight at the table. Then you have some sort of sparkle at the dinner!
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Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free.
