Orson Scott Card Quotes
'I always play with everybody,' said Honoré. 'It is my vocation. God put me on the earth to do with people what cats do to mice. Play with them, chew the last bit of life out of them, them pick them up in my mouth and drop them on people’s doorsteps. That is the business of literature.'

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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not do anything except what the decree requires me to do.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
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Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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In my world view, clearly the Internet is a huge force multiplier for Indian media because it has not crept up on us like something invisible; we've seen it all play out in the West.
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I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.
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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.
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I went to school for culinary arts. I love to cook. That's a talent not a lot of people know about.
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People keep speculating about my personal life because I am evasive about it.
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The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.
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You're always going to have detractors, and you're always going to have people who love you, and that's how it's perfectly balanced and the world spins on.
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I'm very concerned about not hearing something by now.
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'I always play with everybody,' said Honoré. 'It is my vocation. God put me on the earth to do with people what cats do to mice. Play with them, chew the last bit of life out of them, them pick them up in my mouth and drop them on people’s doorsteps. That is the business of literature.'