Orson Scott Card Quotes

'I don’t hold with prophets,' said Alvin. 'Near as I can tell, they end up just as dead as the next man.'

Orson Scott Card

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• When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend.

  

  Becky Lynch
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• Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.

  

  Orson Pratt
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• The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not like it doesn't affect us now; it affects us every day, in everything we do.

  

  Pat Conroy
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• 'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.

  

  Ilan Stavans
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• If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.

  

  Dan Pink
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• My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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• There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
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• My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.

  

  Gary Oldman
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• No one has ever raised capital because their pitch deck was pretty. A lot of people have raised capital because they were over-prepared, knew where their business was going, and were able to articulate that through a pitch alongside a pitch deck.

  

  Adam Draper
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• All I can do is put out the good stuff, and people will make the decision on whether they like it. My fans are very intelligent people. They're not stupid. They know what's good.

  

  Action Bronson
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• Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.

  

  Carlos Slim
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• The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.

  

  Imre Lakatos
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• I don't think anybody wants to see a dour 'Star Trek' movie.

  

  Damon Lindelof
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• So if I'm 36, and I have my 19-year-old self, I'm pulling him to the side and saying, 'Listen bruh, throwing on your Timbs and your fitted hat and strolling campus trying to get a girl to say yes, or going to the club hoping you bring a girl home, that's not the way to go about healthy relationships. You need to step back.'

  

  Nate Parker
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• I am an actor who doesn't believe in carrying an 'image' in the industry. I don't want to get trapped in an image.

  

  Vijay Sethupathi
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• I like how small you can be on TV.

  

  Indira Varma
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• When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise your original conception of who they are.

  

  Hallie Ephron
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• Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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• In London, people can be so... well, it's not even a case of people being unkind or unfriendly. You just don't make any contact in London. You go from A to B with your eyes on the pavement.

  

  Carey Mulligan
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  • Eyes
  • London

• Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.

  

  John Locke Nazareth
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• To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

  

  Denis Diderot
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• Honestly, orthodoxy concerns me about as much as it concerns your average jackrabbit. I only follow rules that take me where I want to go. If there aren't any rules, I make up my own and follow them strictly.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
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• Character is developed one positive action at a time. Therefore nothing is actually trivial in our lives. To grow in character development, pay attention to seemingly trivial matters. Someone who grows from each minor life event will eventually reach high levels of character perfection.

  

  Zelig Pliskin
  • Life
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• 'I don’t hold with prophets,' said Alvin. 'Near as I can tell, they end up just as dead as the next man.'

  

  Orson Scott Card
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