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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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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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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Koreans stuck to their traditional way of life without knowing what was going on outside the country. We were like frogs in a well.
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Her mother, Laurie Simmons, is a contemporary artist, and my stepmother, Cindy Sherman, is a photographer, so they've known each other forever. Lena and I were often at the same dinner parties when we were kids.
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I know one writer who has been subscribing authors without their permission and sending out what she thinks are helpful advice sheets, but they come off as if she's a know-it-all. She thinks she's marketing herself and her work. All she's really doing is turning readers off.
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My mother used to paper pictures from movie magazines on the wall of her bedroom. When I was born, she looked at those pictures to decide on a name for me. Claudette Colbert's picture was up there and so was Loretta Young's. She decided Loretta was the prettiest name, so I was named after her.
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I go to London, my favourite city in the world, and I feel at home.
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You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice.
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The fashion industry is the worst possible vessel for conveying an ethical message about anything.
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'Did they program brattiness into you?''That’s a trait I developed for myself,' she said. 'Do you like it?'
