Orson Scott Card Quotes
Frozen, right? But to others, it looks like you're calm as could be. That's why some of the others tease you so mercilessly sometimes. They think you're made of stone, and they want to break in and touch the human feelings. They just don't know that when you seem most stony, that's when you're the most frightened and breakable.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
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The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
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I like to be against the odds.
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I'm quite an advocate of free trade.
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
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Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.
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I'm not stuck in Strikeforce. I'm happy to be with them. It's where I started, and they've been great to me.
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You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.
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President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
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God primes the pump of obligation.
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My government's first aim will be to bring peace to Mexico.
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While discussing the merits of djbdns over BIND (2004): Niek: 'Bind people don't ack djb points and vice versa.' Paul Vixie: i don't ack djb's existence, not merely his 'points.'
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It's going to be a few years before you see us again. People are fed up with us, and so are we.
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You have to have fine motor control to make putts when you need them the most. That's why golf is such a challenge - you go from extreme power to slowing down and making putts when you need them.
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The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall and the corporation. They mock current assumptions and express the imaginative, unconventional, noncommercial view of the world in its simplest and purest form. They appeal to the imaginative, questioning, rebellious child within all of us, renew our instinctive energy, and act as a force for change. This is why such literature is worthy of our attention and will endure long after more conventional tales have been forgotten.
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Frozen, right? But to others, it looks like you're calm as could be. That's why some of the others tease you so mercilessly sometimes. They think you're made of stone, and they want to break in and touch the human feelings. They just don't know that when you seem most stony, that's when you're the most frightened and breakable.
