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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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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The federal government is often said in militia circles to have made wholesale seizures of power, at times by subterfuge. A leading grievance holds that the 16th Amendment, which authorizes the federal income tax, was ratified through fraud.
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Famously, Anne Boleyn was not a beauty: she was more about quirkiness and an innate sensuality, and there are a lot of references to her eyes. Which sends out a great message for women, because life is not about the aesthetic all the time.
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I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us.
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My mother had breast cancer when she was 39.
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The truth is, a man can choose to objectify a woman whether she’s wearing a bikini or a burqa. We don’t stop lust by covering up the female form; we stop lust by teaching men to treat women as human beings worthy of respect.
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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.
