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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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across.
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I don't like my whole life dragged out. I don't want anyone to know about me, because I don't think I'm very interesting... I like my work. I like what I gave. And that was it.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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Now there's no *beeping* way in hell I'm gonna go over because I'm a little afraid of animals.
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Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free.
