Orson Scott Card Quotes
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
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When I first moved to New York, I wanted to be a dancer. I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence. I never tapped into nightlife; all I knew was dancers. We went to bed early and got up early and went to free concerts at the Lincoln Center and Shakespeare in the Park.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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It's true that youth is wasted on the young and, if I had my life to live over again, I suppose I would pay more attention to my career. I would make better choices. But, in my defence, I would say that I have three wonderful children, and that's something I am very proud of.
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Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.
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Consumption is still going up on Alibaba. This is because when the economy goes down people look online to Alibaba to buy cheaper things.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!'
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You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.
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People are getting careers from YouTube and uploading videos. And they're totally different - you can't necessarily be funny on a video, and then all of a sudden you're live in a theater. You don't have the tools yet. It's a lot more involved to go from being funny on a little iPhone screen to being live in front of people and being funny.
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I always have coffee and porridge for breakfast.
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I remember doing one of those computer careers tests. It told me I'd make an ideal HGV lorry driver because I've got 100 per cent spatial awareness. I'd be able to back them into tight parking spots.
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I think I would like to have lived in the 1930s and worn beautiful bias cut dresses all the time.
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I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.
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I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film.
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It was of limited usefulness to head great rallies. The government did not listen, and, soon enough, the tear gas and the muzzles of the guns were turned against the people. The justice of our cries went unrecognized.
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I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
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Only the great masters of style ever succeed in being obscure.
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He had a personality switch. He went from being nice to being hot.
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It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.
