Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night.
Quotes to Explore
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Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don't worry about my destiny.
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It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.
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The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
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I'm loyal. I'm real. I'm not afraid to say what I'm thinking.
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Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.
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I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
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It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there.
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I think it's important to be able to say that you did live a normal life and struggled to make ends meet. It all has to do with work ethic and how I apply myself to my awesome job now. I've always been used to working because I've been working since I was four.
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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
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If you go to Norway, Finland, Russia or Australia, you'll see Xerox or Fuji-Xerox people, not just the name on the door. We have human beings who live and work and serve customers everywhere around the globe.
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When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.
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Music can't change the world.
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Love, when it is a sacred quest, is a space of resurrection and repair. It does more than help us survive a soulless world; it helps us to transform.
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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.
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One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.
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We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night.
