Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
Felix Dennis
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For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play.
Sam Shepard
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Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well.
Hamid Karzai
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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Saint Francis de Sales
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I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.
Caitriona Balfe
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Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.
Irwin Shaw
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My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.
Kate Bush
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If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.
R. Kelly
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
Rabih Alameddine
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I enjoy my food. I like to grill; I do that a lot. I like meat and have big dinners - steak, red meat splurges, prime cuts.
Taylor Kinney
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I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
Madi Diaz
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With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
Adam Jones
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I joke around all the time, 'I'm Asian; I'm really good at math.'
Brenda Song
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I believe that I am not responsible for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of life, but that I am responsible for what I do with the life I've got.
Hermann Hesse
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Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human misery of the poor themselves. Calculate our loss: The aid, the lost opportunity to trade, the short-term consequences of the multiple conflicts; the long-term consequences on the attitude to the wealthy world of injustice and abject deprivation amongst the poor.
Tony Blair
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And if a diversion is needed, why not arrest a general? Arthur Dillon is a friend of eminent deputies, a contender for the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Front; he has proved himself at Valmy and in a halfdozen actions since. In the National Assembly he was a liberal; now he is a republican. Isn't it then logical that he should be thrown into gaol, July 1, on suspicion of passing military secrets to the enemy?
Hilary Mantel
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One hopes, of course, that a relationship grows and becomes a deep and wonderful marriage and friendship that lasts forever. But that's not always the case.
Alana Stewart
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When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
Ursula K. Le Guin
