Orson Scott Card Quotes
Religion isn't always pretty. Especially viewed from the outside, by an unbeliever.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
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It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.
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In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.
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Of course all novelists are egomaniacs and want to draw everyone to their fold just like any other preacher. The snake-oil peddler, the false prophet, all of this is fascinating to me. But I certainly hope that I'm more humane than that.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.
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I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time.
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We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.
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L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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When I was a child, the FA Cup was one of the crown jewels of the sporting year, along with the Grand National, Wimbledon and The Open. But with every announcement it seems to lose another piece of its identity. First it was sponsors added to the name, followed by the semi-finals at Wembley.
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Some of my tattoos are a bit silly, but I know where and what time I got them.
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I don't try to be sexy, but I do want to look as good as I can.
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I go to this gym in Hollywood: it's a Cross Fit gym. It's basically just a really high intensity, sort of, athletic movements. I'm sure Cross Fit is going to be mad at me for not giving their definition of what Cross Fit is.
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I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it's all about a whole different angle... Rappers are going against each other, and it's more of a bragging, boasting thing.
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They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.
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I was told freshman Republicans don't get their bills heard.
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My career at Microsoft really was getting in the way of my cooking.
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It's madness to hand in a script to a director, leave them alone, and for the director not to want the writer there with rehearsals and the shoot.
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And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well.
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The kind of world I'm endlessly going on about is pretty well doomed, but nevertheless I think there are recesses of it worth celebrating.
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I like movies I can relate to.
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Religion isn't always pretty. Especially viewed from the outside, by an unbeliever.
