Orson Scott Card Quotes
I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a career because I didn't believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn't feel particularly lucky.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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If I do my very best, then the camera and the audience will follow me, and eventually they will somehow feel like I feel. I don't have to show it to them. I don't have to speak it out loud.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
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Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
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I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
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Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready.
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The causes of crime are very complicated. But there is a very big literature, as you know, about single parenthood in crime, about race in crime, and about poverty in crime.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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Engaging with exceptionally hard problems forces us to think differently.
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My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.
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I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into the realm of behavioral finance.
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I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a career because I didn't believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn't feel particularly lucky.
