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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What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.
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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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There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful.
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But, you know, sometimes - many - they all understand. That's the nice thing. They were all very happy for me and they understand why I decided to come to CNN. So in that respect, I know that they think it's the best thing for me to do.
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Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.
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Why young men from the country become firefighters is hard to explain to people who are not from the country. For most of us, it's not about the rush, which fades with time, or the paycheck. We could earn more working for the railroad or a car dealership. I figure it's about the land.
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I made three or four different fonts during 'Short Term 12' -' it was how I'd calm my mind between scenes. I have graph paper and gel pens, and I would do the alphabet: just do 'a' over and over again until I got it perfect and then go to 'b' and then 'c'.
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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.
