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.
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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.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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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.
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The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
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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.
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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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.
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Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.
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I don't particularly like L.A.
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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?
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Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
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I am very happy and honored to be part of the Sony ATV family.
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Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.
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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.
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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
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My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.
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I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old... Your days are gone; it is part of life.
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I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm not one of those people who says, 'I've got to write a song every day.' I just store up ideas, and really I have to wait until it finds me; I know when I'm ready to write. It used to frustrate me, but it doesn't any more. It's just how it is.
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If you think you're hearing something and you can't think what it is. If you feel a quiet longing lift your heart into the wind. There you'll find my kindred spirit. There you'll meet me as a friend. It is just a kindred spirit and a song to let you in.
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For most of American history, of course, the important religious divides were between denominations - not just between Protestants and Catholics and Jews but between Lutherans and Episcopalians and Southern Baptists and the other endlessly fine-tuned sects.
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A lady of a certain age must keep her top on. That's what I feel.
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You always back off at the exact moment when you're about to tell the other person exactly what she needs to hear.
