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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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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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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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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So many people are killing their childhood. It's like, "Okay, today I've decided I'm gonna be a grown-up, and I'm not a kid anymore." But, that's bullshit. You're still a kid. It makes no sense to kill the kid.
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Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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We detect light and particles that have traveled billions of light years on their way across the universe to us. During the billions of years of travel, very small effects due to quantum gravity can be amplified to the point that we can detect them.
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Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free.
