Orson Scott Card Quotes

'Calvin, what kind of trouble are you planning to make?''No trouble at all,' said Calvin, annoyed. 'Why do you think I want to cause trouble?''Because you are awake.'

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• The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time.

  

  Zac Brown Band
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• It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.

  

  F. H. Bradley
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• I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.

  

  Ralph Lauren
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• I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
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• I'm going to get hated for saying this, but honestly, fantasy is easy to write because you can do anything. It's like when Raymond Chandler brings in a bloke with a gun when he's stuck - in fantasy, up pops a wizard, and off we go.

  

  Mal Peet
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• The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.

  

  Kate Williams
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• In 1995, I founded a storytelling program for children called Neighborhood Bridges in collaboration with the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, which is 15 elementary schools in the Twin Cities.

  

  Jack Zipes
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• If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.

  

  Adam Clarke
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  • God
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• What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Great
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• I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.

  

  Larry Brown
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• I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.

  

  Eartha Kitt
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• Everything I say is true.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
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• I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.

  

  Narendra Modi
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• I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?

  

  Zoe Saldana
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• My siblings and I, we were raised on TV and films. Not a day went by that we weren't watching one of three movies - 'Caddyshack,' 'Animal House,' 'Beverly Hills Cop' - on rotation. Our comedy, our personalities were set watching 'Sesame Street': these really sort of wacky, Jim Henson-y characters.

  

  Teddy Sears
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• A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

  

  Oliver Herford
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• I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.

  

  Yani Tseng
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• I was determined to create my own identity. My first hits, in fact, were straight-up rhythm and blues. My voice was compared to Aretha Franklin's - though, for my money, no one compares to Aretha.

  

  Natalie Cole
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• For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.

  

  John Woo

• The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, Why, fiddle you must, for all your life.

  

  Edgar Lee Masters
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• Jennifer Lawrence is an incredible person and the most unpredictable person you will ever meet. You never know what she's going to say and why she's saying it. She's extremely fun to work with her and obviously perfect for Katniss.

  

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• From an operational perspective, exports challenge companies to design, develop, manufacture and supply products to discerning customers in global markets. This, in turn, motivates companies to scale up the value chain, which results in higher realisations.

  

  Baba Kalyani
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• The silence of a wise man is always meaningful.

  

  Leo Strauss
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• 'Calvin, what kind of trouble are you planning to make?''No trouble at all,' said Calvin, annoyed. 'Why do you think I want to cause trouble?''Because you are awake.'

  

  Orson Scott Card
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