Orson Scott Card Quotes
Was his very boyishness the reason he was chosen? In that case, was it not a virtue to be admired, and not a failing to be despised?
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The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for each major character and a time line for the entire novel: What is going on in the world as my characters struggle with their problems?
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Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.
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Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - the first album I ever bought was 'A Star is Born' with Kris Kristofferson.
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Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
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You just have to do what you know is right.
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I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.
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I'm a serial monogamist.
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It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
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Acting was a way of me finding myself, which I think is the case of a lot of actors, regardless of where they come from.
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The camera and I have always had good chemistry.
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We are all multidimensional and kind of have dual personalities. Everyone puts on different roles depending on what circumstances they're in without even noticing that they do that.
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I love working on films and I'd love to do some interesting work, but if somebody asked me, 'Would you like 'Human Target' to continue to be picked up?' The answer is 'Absolutely!' I love working on this show. I love playing Guerrero. I love seeing where it's going.
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Black people have been fighting for basic citizenship rights since the inception of the country.
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And sure th' Eternal Master foundHis single talent well employ'd.
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The story of your youth must not turn into a catalog of what became important in your later life. It must also contain the dissipation, the failure, and the waste.
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From the beginning of physics, there have been those who imagined they would be the last generation to face the unknown. Physics has always seemed to its practitioners to be almost complete. This complacency is shattered only during revolutions, when honest people are forced to admit that they don't know the basics.
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You’ve been a father to me.Your 1960’s speak.Gives me comatose joy like re-run TV.While the mountainside was shining.Wild colors of my destiny
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My own experience is that there is no real effort in life that is not done better under encouragement and approval of our fellow men.
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No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have; and I think he's a dirty little beast.
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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
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There seems to be a real taste for the fantastical these days. People like to get back into their imaginations. Maybe there's something a little nostalgic about 'Grimm' and the fairy tales that they grew up with. And it's a very unique approach to the procedural side of things.
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Was his very boyishness the reason he was chosen? In that case, was it not a virtue to be admired, and not a failing to be despised?
