Orson Scott Card Quotes
'I’ve never seen a soft heart turn hard,' said Taleswapper. 'At least not without good reason.'
Quotes to Explore
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern them. They keep doing things that are incredibly unpopular. And so when that happens, folks get angry.
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We are like petri dishes, where we can innovate, but we want to do it carefully and thoughtfully.
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
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Starting with 'Forever, Interrupted,' I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
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I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
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I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
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In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough.
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I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times come, the goodness wins out after all. And a bad person can often seem good and trustworthy for a long time, but when hard times come, the evil in him gets revealed.
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How we treat food is how we treat ourselves. Eating and buying organic means we're committed to a healthier world overall. It's good karma.
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart, will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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The best part of the high school in Hastings must have been the Music Department. Its orchestra and concert band did well in county competitions, and the dance band formed by its students was the best in the region. I played lead trumpet in all of them.
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'I’ve never seen a soft heart turn hard,' said Taleswapper. 'At least not without good reason.'
