Orson Scott Card Quotes
You resent death. You regret death. But as for your own life, you know perfectly well that no one can threaten it at all. Death is something that happens to someone else.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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I uplift people and see the good in a bad situation. The worst is I'm very critical of myself. If I do a performance, I watch it 100 times afterwards and pick it apart.
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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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'The Larry Sanders Show,' it's actually about love, which would sound like a paradox at first. But if that love didn't exist, the darker attitudes would not play. You would have a one-dimensional, cynical show, which I don't think the show was.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
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The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
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I remembered staffing a volunteer table for ACT UP in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood in 1991, on the corner of Castro and 18th Street, and on my table were posters, stickers, and t-shirts that bore the same slogan in all caps - ACT UP slogan house style. I wore one of those shirts to model for passers-by.
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Since I began making movies, I've always looked for screenwriters instead of going through the long and painful process of writing.
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I can't recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it's going to be hard to write all day and then come home and write fiction.
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Everybody touches the basketball on offense for us. We don't run plays for particular people. We expect everybody to score and contribute defensively.
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You resent death. You regret death. But as for your own life, you know perfectly well that no one can threaten it at all. Death is something that happens to someone else.
