Orson Scott Card Quotes
I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more.
Quotes to Explore
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.
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Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
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You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.
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I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.
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I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests.
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The commitments, schedule and sponsor appearances don't change. It gets more busy, because you get more popular, and the more popular you are, it actually gets more busy. They're like, 'Yeah, let's use her, she's hot right now. Let's do a shoot!'
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I don't want to be a Major League coach.
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.
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I'm the best Twitterer.
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I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
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I don't believe in traditional company structures because the best ideas do not always come from the top.
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To apply oneself to great inventions, starting from the smallest beginnings, is no task for ordinary minds; to divine that wonderful arts lie hid behind trivial and childish things is a conception for superhuman talents.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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I don't think I am a citizen of the world; I am very much a citizen of my own country. But my own country is closely related to other parts of the world and influenced by what happens there.
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If you're playing live, I like to think of the ensemble, whether it's the duet or a forty piece orchestra, as one person. And the entire audience, whether it's twelve people or twelve thousand at Madison Square Garden, is the other person. The two of you are going to dance together tonight.
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I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more.
