Orson Scott Card Quotes
Whenever the law gets its hands on you, those who use the law to their own advantage will also turn it against you. Don’t put your trust in the laws of men, Alvin. They were designed by strong men to improve their power over weaker ones.
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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I just want to do my job.
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I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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But I think we need the international market.
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I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
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We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
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Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or processing billions of transactions.
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Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.
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Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.
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'I don't see much sense in that,' said Rabbit.'No,' said Pooh humbly, 'there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it on the way.'
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But lifting his dry hand He lightly touched the flowers: 'Tell me how men kiss you, Tell me how you kiss men.'
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My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazing person. She was like a bon vivant in that she just lived each day to the fullest. As soon as I became a vegetarian, she became a vegetarian.
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Be a lifelong student. The more you learn, the more you earn and the more self-confidence you will have.
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Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable... unimaginable... unspeakable.
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Whenever the law gets its hands on you, those who use the law to their own advantage will also turn it against you. Don’t put your trust in the laws of men, Alvin. They were designed by strong men to improve their power over weaker ones.
