Orson Scott Card Quotes
There are many steps on the continuum between controlling something and doing nothing at all.
Quotes to Explore
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Opinions are like snowflakes, you know what I'm saying?
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An artist or a creative person of any kind goes about their work because it's their path, it's what excites them, it's what aligns their soul with who they truly are, who they showed up to be.
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I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.
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The lesson of Pearl Harbor ought never to be forgotten, and of course the motto that came from that, 69 years ago, the war which my dad fought, was 'Remember Pearl Harbor, never again.' We need to keep that to mind.
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The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.
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My parents separated when I was young, and as a result, my father had to learn how to braid our hair on the nights my sisters and I would stay with him. We would arrive to school the next morning with these incredibly endearing lopsided braids he had fashioned. This may have expedited the process of my learning how to braid my own hair.
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing.
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If my drug Ragaglitazar had been successful, we would have been getting royalties of thousands of crore rupees every year.
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You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records and older production styles, and that ends up rearing its head in the records that I make.
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More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man - he - himself.
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People have always told me I look young for my age... and I think it's because I've always taken care of myself.
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I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day.
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Celebrity is seen by a huge amount of people and certainly myself for a while as the pinnacle of society, of success. It is revered almost religiously, both the institution and its quickly growing member base.
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No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
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I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery, they might not like that book quite as much.
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I'm slow to make a decision. I need to think things over for a long time, to weigh the pros and cons, to look at issues 10, 20, or 30 times. But when that's done, I'm quick to act.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.
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But beware, dear reader. For we go out into the wide, wild world, looking to change, looking to grow, looking for wisdom. But wisdom is hard to come by, and once achieved, it is very easily lost. Especially when one is leaving the wide, wild world - and returning to the place you once fled.
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There are many steps on the continuum between controlling something and doing nothing at all.
