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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I legitimately wanted to know if Mayor Bloomberg was going to ban large margaritas that I cry over while on a date alone at Dallas BBQ as a part of his controversial soda ban.
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I think being a woman in Hollywood is a big enough challenge. It really is. I don't want to be one of those people who complain. But the lack of roles out there - it's unbelievable.
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Time really is one big continuous cloth, no? We habitually cut out pieces of time to fit us, so we tend to fool ourselves into thinking that time is our size, but it really goes on and on.
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Myself and David, we both love art. We have a lot of respect for Damien Hirst and Julian Schnabel, and we've met them both, and they're very interesting characters. I also have a lot of respect for the working women out there. As you know, it's not easy when you're looking after children and you have a career as well.
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When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.
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To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention.
