Orson Scott Card Quotes
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My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.
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As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
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I've only ever tried to be me.
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What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy.
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The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
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I used to hate stilettos. It took me a lot of time to understand how to walk in them and look graceful. And eventually, you realise their importance.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it, because you'll never look good.
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We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.
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I've learned after so many years in this business that nothing is set in stone until you're on set. I've been told I was the choice for years and never got hired. So I never go there in my mind.
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I want to play Lena Horne because I've always been fascinated with her. Her talent was astounding and more than that, her life story is incredible.
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In Germany, salads are assemblies of ham and mayonnaise, not trendy tossed leaves.
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Almost every culture has its own variation on chicken soup, and rightly so - it's one of the most gratifying dishes on the face of the Earth.
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I believe that you should move and eat right.
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I don't get claustrophobic.
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A gun is a necessity. Who knows if you're walking down a street and you spot a moose?
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For some reason, being on time in this industry can be a lost art form, especially for actors! It's important to remember that other people are always waiting for you on set, and it's really unfair to make them wait.
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Hours are golden links, God's tokenReaching heaven; but one by oneTake them, lest the chain be brokenEre the pilgrimage be done.
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Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action.
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Love and sex, honey. Either one can make you do the damndest things. The two combined will make you a sure ’nough fool.
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‘When I say 'mind,'’ said the blood relation, ‘I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.’
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Let's all strive to be more entrepreneurial, and I think we'll all be in a better place.
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The perfection of intention. In the end, it is all that matters.
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I never had you, not since you escaped from the womb.