Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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I have a sewing machine that I adore, and I spend a lot of time sitting in front of it when I'm not working. And any excuse to paint or draw or do something artistic with my hands really gets me going. Definitely aspiring.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema.
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The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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It's double talk and double standards. It's like, be honest, but don't be too honest. Look fresh-faced and young, but don't tell us how you got there. God forbid you have plastic surgery, even though we're telling you, 'Oh, you look old.' Be a career woman, but also, why aren't you having kids? Are you some kind of cold shrew?
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I feel birth, death, marriage is destined, and these things can't be manipulated. I have surrendered my life completely. So, whenever it happens, I will accept it.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
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In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good.
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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.
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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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I'm very laid back, easy. There's nothing better in life than seeing your kids do well.
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It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same story without it being close enough to their life experience to fuel their commitment.
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I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life.
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My life has been very lucky, but I made some of that luck.
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I love love, and I love life. I love. I just love. It's just great. It's the most enduring element we have is love.
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I learned early on the magic of life is having a vision, having faith, and then going for it.
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In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.
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My mom and I have been through a lot. But when you think about it, whose life is perfect? It is just really good because we did this together.
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There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.
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Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.
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'Why are you always so full of answers?''Because life’s so full of questions.'
