Orson Scott Card Quotes
Just because you know I had no other choice doesn't make the anger go away. I understand that. But you're a man now. You can put away these childish things.
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
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I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.
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Through PETA, we rescue animals in roadside zoos and circuses. They are some of the most abused animals in the country.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my dog: the way Webster moves, the way he holds his head. I kind of adapted it into this part unconsciously.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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One needs to live every day according to God's commandments. And then any kind of difficulty or unpleasantness will be manageable.
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There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
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I'll say anything to live.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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I'm constantly pitching one episode where we see life through Castle's eyes. I think Castle's just a little off as far as his perception goes. A very, very clever man, but I want to see the world as Castle sees it - kind of a rose-colored glasses, all the women find him irresistible, all the guys find him super cool and do whatever he says.
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Being single is only sad if you have a problem with your own company. I'm content with mine.
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Yet thousands of slaves throughout the southern states are thus handed over by the masters who own them to masters who do not; and it does not require much demonstration to prove that their estate is not always the more gracious.
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I'm very passionate, very emotional, very sensitive. I've always been like that.
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My parents are both musicians and made sure we all played music. My brothers and sisters all play instruments, so we'll get together whenever we can and play. We play a lot of classical music - you know, the good stuff.
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Madonna is that forbidden thing, the Nietzschean creative woman. Her preoccupation with a high level of work doesn't allow her to follow the usual script that powerful women are expected to follow - 'don't hate me for my success, don't hate me for my power.'
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Out upon merry Christmas! What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer...? If I could work my will," said Scrooge indignantly, "every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' upon his lips should be boiled with his won pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!
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Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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If you put Earth out beyond Neptune, you wouldn't be able to call it a planet because it couldn't clear its zone.
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No color will ever be brighter for me than black and white.
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I've definitely been in relationships with friends where I wanted to do something different than I know a friend has. It's that complicated balance between wanting to do what you know is right for you and not wanting to hurt someone's feelings. I think that's a part of growing up.
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Just because you know I had no other choice doesn't make the anger go away. I understand that. But you're a man now. You can put away these childish things.
