Orson Scott Card Quotes
'You,' said Purity, 'have been long enough out of England to pick up some American brag.''But surrounded by Americans as I am,' said Cooper, 'my brag is like a farthing in a sack of guineas.'
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we haven't applied the same standards to food we import, so all we're really doing is exporting cruelty from Britain elsewhere, and at the same time undermining our farmers.
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Our critics would love nothing more for us to go away and just be quiet. And we won't give them that satisfaction. We have young children that, one day, when they understand more of what's happened and what's transpired, we wanna be able to say to them, you know, we did our best. And we told the truth.
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I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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Actors, after all, dream.
Nastassja Kinski -
I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.
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The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.
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I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
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I loved the 'Three Stooges.' I still do - nyuk, nyuk.
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For the Fall of the year is more than three months bounded by an equinox and a solstice. It is a summing up without the finality of year's end.
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Eve: Shut up, we have zero time for you and your bullshit dramatics Monica: Or what, you'll bleed on me, Emo Princess of Freakdomonia? Claire: Fine. You come with us. If you get in my way, I'll kill you.
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I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.
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'You,' said Purity, 'have been long enough out of England to pick up some American brag.''But surrounded by Americans as I am,' said Cooper, 'my brag is like a farthing in a sack of guineas.'
