Orson Scott Card Quotes
When people say perhaps it’s cause they’re lying. Either they don’t believe the thing they’re saying, or they do believe it only they don’t want to admit they do.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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It feels really good to give back. I'm opening the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre in Australia.
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My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
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For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.
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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box.
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The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.
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When you look at my father's works, he systematically dated everything. He also wanted to document what he knew would be the work of the century.
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It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going to the theatre. The downside, I suppose, is that you put it out there, and people are invited to like it or loathe it.
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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
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Private industry's job is to make money. Private industry's job is to create a huge economic engine.
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My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.
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When people say perhaps it’s cause they’re lying. Either they don’t believe the thing they’re saying, or they do believe it only they don’t want to admit they do.
