Orson Scott Card Quotes
That’s the way it was then, you see. Folks noticed other people's trouble every bit as quick as if it was their own.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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I remember I was a little girl when Elizabeth Taylor stole Eddie Fisher from America's Sweetheart, Debbie Reynolds, and the reaction back then was enormous! And Angelina Jolie was in trouble, too, for taking a husband away from another America's Sweetheart. Don't take husbands from America's Sweethearts.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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I'm not an architectural composer.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.
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Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the '70s.
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I love getting consumer reports. I think it's one of my favourite things, studying what people have to say about the product and then trying to make it better.
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It took me six novels before I felt confident of my voice as a writer.
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When I travel, I make certain that I spend at least half of my time in the field. You have to get out to meet people that are in poverty, that are looking to improve their lives. That's something that you can't read in books.
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I had a multicultural exposure; that's why I don't believe in a particular religion. I have respect for most because I grew up surrounded by so many. I don't judge people by that, and I feel extremely offended when people categorise based on race, religion, or gender.
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I don't believe in astrology. It's a lot of crap. I just think that's another thing you should throw out the window. Mysticism. Cheap. It's amazing that people still hang on to that after all these years.
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That’s the way it was then, you see. Folks noticed other people's trouble every bit as quick as if it was their own.
