Orson Scott Card Quotes
'Did they program brattiness into you?''That’s a trait I developed for myself,' she said. 'Do you like it?'
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
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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.
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I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.
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I've bought some Lanvin snake-print wedges, so maybe you'll see me pushing the pram in those and my hotpants!
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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Tech is all about building human connections.
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I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
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I wanted to write for all children, even those kids who might see language as a threatening thing, even if English is their second language.
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I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.
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The reaction that I got from 'Diamonds' I would have expected to get from 'House of the Rising Sun' or one of the other songs.
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I believe in the stability of my country. I believe in unity.
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One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.
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Man's access in prayer to God opens everything and makes his impoverishment his wealth. All things are his through prayer.
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When she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it. It was not vice; it wasn't lasciviousness; it was her nature. She gave herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers their perfume. It was a pleasure to her and she liked to give pleasure to others.
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If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.
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I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.
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One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.
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'Did they program brattiness into you?''That’s a trait I developed for myself,' she said. 'Do you like it?'
