Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention.
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I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45.
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There are things that government can do to incentivize the free market to do a better job, yes. But is that a replacement for getting in the way, actively, of the fossil fuel industry and preventing them from destroying our chances of a future on a livable planet? It's not a replacement.
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I have never broken a contract in my career.
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Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.
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The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.
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I really like playing good guys, of course. Although, people make mistakes in their lives, and you could say that the mistakes make us who we are, by how we respond to them. I just don't want to play boring good guys, but I don't have that problem, anyway.
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I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.
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I'm not an angry kind of person. What I am is a principled person.
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I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.
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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.
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I'm trying to convey to my audience that you really can't judge a book by its cover, and there's more to the universe than you can see with your eyes.
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No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.
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I don't believe in killing people. I believe in locking you up for the rest of your life.
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Harrison Ford is absolutely amazing. He is a Hollywood icon, and just to work with him was absolutely incredible.
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Sincerity is the norm of Heaven and the law of our nature. China and the West agree on this point, for without sincerity, no human prince could ever found a state, and no earthly teacher could ever establish a religion.
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People do not go into the company of their fellow-creatures for what would seem a very sufficient reason, namely, that they have something to say to them, or something that they want to hear from them; but in the vague hope that they may find something to say.
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If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.
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Miss Marple twinkled at me.
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Never say no to yourself. Make the other guy say no.
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I'd stop in the middle of a gun fight and sing a song.
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I'm someone that speaks with their pads.
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I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.
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Over analyse, paralyse, you mustn't over analyse... Do you wake up at four in the morning and wonder who should be playing left-back? Four? I would love to sleep that long. If you want a really long career you have to find a way of switching off. I do it when I'm out walking my dog, Alex Ferguson got into horses, others get into wine. Some players like going shopping, which is not my scene. A lot of them turn to golf. I tried it, didn't like it. I have to walk. If I couldn't I'd be in a padded cell by now.
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To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention.
