Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
What was the good working for freedom all your life and ending up without any freedom at all?
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.
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Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.
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Bollywood has always pampered heroes and treated actors as second class citizens. But, of late, it has realised that there has to be space for actors who can connect with people.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.
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I was fascinated with jeans, because you can impress your life upon the jeans you wear. The way you sit imprints on the jeans.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.
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I don't read a lot of magazines, but when I'm traveling, I'll pick up a copy of 'Vanity Fair' to read on the plane - it's like a full meal! The articles are so good, especially the crime stories. Browsing the Web is more like snacking - but I live on snacks.
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I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
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I love being a mom. But there's a certain kind of tedium to your life when your kid is young. Writing allows you to wander when your kid is napping in a crib ten feet away. So that's the great joy of writing fiction for me.
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Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
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For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me.
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The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.
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Since being diagnosed with Asperger's, I'd been working with an acting coach who has now become a good friend. We'd been trying lots of improvisational techniques to help me with some of the problems I experience. But it's a very slow process.
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I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up.
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I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
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My whole thing is that guys are working out and getting legs stronger and getting the upper body stronger, and the ligaments just aren't quite able to keep up.
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Freedom is neither a legal invention nor a philosophical conquest, the cherished possession of civilizations more valid than others because they alone have been able to create or preserve it. It is the outcome of an objective relationship between the individual and the space he occupies, between the consumer and the resources at his disposal.
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I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.
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My height does help me. I can hide a multitude of sins in my height.
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What was the good working for freedom all your life and ending up without any freedom at all?
