Orson Scott Card Quotes
Adolescents never understand that the best way to avoid notice is to behave normally.Orson Scott Card
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I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.
Laini Taylor -
Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.
Walter Cronkite -
Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes.
Warren Beatty -
Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
Ian Hacking -
When you have girl children, they torture you! If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens. They say, 'Mom, you didn't really wear that?' And I say, 'Yes, and pretty much everyone saw it.'
Pat Benatar -
I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Yes, in the commercial world there's room for both McDonald's and Whole Foods, but in the realm of politics, we're told, it's either Filet-o-Fish or line-caught salmon: only one can prevail - and which is up to you.
Walter Kirn -
Love it or hate it, Obamacare is the law of the land. It was passed by Congress, signed into law by President Obama, declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and ratified by a majority of Americans, who reelected the president for a second term.
Hank Johnson -
My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer.
Orson Scott Card -
I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are no short cuts.
Rachel Kushner -
I was doing some YouTube covers, and I had a decently popular blog on Tumblr.
Halsey
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
Barbara Johnson -
中国未来将是制定下一个世纪游戏规则的地方...因为全世界人都会在那儿,所以去中国不是去发财,今天不是去发财,不是寻找机会,而是参与未来游戏规则的制定。
Jack Ma -
People want to find a 'meaning' in everything and everyone. That's the disease of our age, an age that is anything but practical but believes itself to be more practical than any other age.
Pablo Picasso -
Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.
Amy Tan -
The best proof that there’s intelligent life in outer space is the fact that it hasn’t come here.
Arthur C. Clarke -
I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is.
David Byrne Talking Heads
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Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes – they content themselves with thick but representative brushstrokes.
Machado de Assis -
When you long with all your heart for someone to love you, a madness grows there that shakes all sense from the trees and the water and the earth. And nothing lives for you, except the long deep bitter want. And this is what everyone feels from birth to death.
Denton Welch -
The 'Vanity Fair' article was interesting to do because it was the first time I ever really had the opportunity to be absolutely truthful with a reporter about every aspect of my life.
Caitlyn Jenner -
It is the central bank governor, unlike other regulators or government secretaries, who has command over significant policy levers and has to occasionally disagree with the most powerful people in the country.
Raghuram Rajan -
I think a lot of funds get their ideas from Wall Street. I just like to find my own ideas. I read a lot. A lot of news. I just follow my nose. A lot of times it's a dead end, but sometimes there's value there.
Michael Burry -
Adolescents never understand that the best way to avoid notice is to behave normally.
Orson Scott Card