Orson Scott Card Quotes

You always back off at the exact moment when you're about to tell the other person exactly what she needs to hear.

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• It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • Yourself
  • Labor
  • Masses

• The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • King
  • Constitution
  • Fidelity

• Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Rock
  • Find
  • Piano

• I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Home
  • Dad
  • Listening

• The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Alone
  • Media
  • Social Media

• It's so great in Hollywood now. You have people past 40 sitting and talking about serious stuff, writing and making movies and TV, but there's laser pistols and superheroes and alien monsters involved. It's viable and mainstream.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • People
  • Great
  • Writing

• Everybody has a story... and a scream.

  

  Rachel Roberts
  • Story
  • Everybody
  • Scream

• I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Time
  • Attention
  • Winning

• Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • Life
  • Children
  • Past

• I don't particularly like L.A.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Like
  • Particularly

• I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Hate
  • Question

• Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.

  

  Carla Bruni
  • You
  • Marriage
  • Independence

• I am very happy and honored to be part of the Sony ATV family.

  

  Maluma
  • Happy
  • Honor
  • Sony

• Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • People
  • Live
  • Nice

• Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Words
  • Thoughts
  • Silence

• The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Men
  • Business
  • Leader

• My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Up
  • Good
  • Pretty

• I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old... Your days are gone; it is part of life.

  

  Om Puri
  • Life
  • Old
  • Grow

• We run on the beach some days, and others, we run hills behind the gym. We also do several hours of grappling each week as mixed with some intense cardio in the ring.

  

  Chuck Liddell
  • Beach
  • Gym

• Five to one, baby One in five No one here gets out alive, now You get yours, baby I'll get mine Gonna make it, baby If we try.

  

  Jim Morrison The Doors
  • Baby

• Jennifer was great. She is fantastic. Really easy to work with, no drama, really down-to-earth, such a funny girl. Nothing but good things to say about her. She really was great to work with. And it always makes it easier when you’re working with people that you like and you enjoy being around.

  

  Liam Hemsworth
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly.

  

  Phillip Noyce
  • Good
  • Real
  • She

• I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much.

  

  Jessie Ware
  • She
  • Strong

• You always back off at the exact moment when you're about to tell the other person exactly what she needs to hear.

  

  Orson Scott Card
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