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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I would be concerned if any speech to Congress related any information that's new to the president of the United States.
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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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Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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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 wanted to be as authentic as possible because, first of all, Jean Shrimpton is still alive. And, she's interesting enough to be played accurately. I didn't need to add things.
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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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The labour-power is a commodity, not capital, in the hands of the labourer, and it constitutes for him a revenue so long as he can continuously repeat its sale; it functions as capital after its sale, in the hands of the capitalist, during the process of production itself.
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I definitely want to play someone who's inspired me. I would love to play Aaliyah; it would be personal because I love her so much.
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The best thing about the Internet is that it's limited to however you want to do it. You don't gotta talk to everybody, just use it as a outlet.
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I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before the Legislature of Massachusetts the condition of the miserable, the desolate, the outcast. I come as the advocate of helpless, forgotten, insane men and women; of beings sunk to a condition from which the unconcerned world would start with real horror.
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The Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland will lay all flat if they be not prevented.
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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?
