Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

You know, I don't think a lot about why one book connects with its readers and another doesn't. Probably because I don't want to start thinking, "Am I popular?" I spent way too much time thinking about that in high school.

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• We are asleep with compasses in our hands.

  

  W. S. Merwin
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  • Our
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• If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.

  

  Samuel Hopkins
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• I'm quite fluent in Telugu now, but there's a difference between talking and dubbing. While dubbing, the diction must be in sync with the emotion in the scene and would impact my performance.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
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• One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.

  

  Tablo
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• A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Country
  • Consequences
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• I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Thoughts
  • Presence
  • Studying

• Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

  

  Walker Percy
  • Past
  • Grief
  • Loss

• You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.

  

  Felix Adler
  • Done
  • Know
  • Bread

• I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.

  

  Beck
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• When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Up
  • Congress
  • Property

• It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Up
  • Good
  • Want

• The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • People
  • Law
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• The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Different
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• One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'

  

  Damian Marley
  • Remember
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• I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Want
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• You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.

  

  S. I. Hayakawa
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• I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Life
  • Rest
  • Aging

• When we speak of mom winning custody or of dad getting visitation time, we speak of someone winning, someone losing. When we speak of mom or dad spending 'parent time' with a child, we speak of two parents, not a parent versus a visitor.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Time
  • Parents
  • Dad

• Our lips are full of praise, but our hearts are far removed from the prophets we all claim. That's why the world is in the shape that it's in.

  

  Louis Farrakhan
  • World
  • Why

• You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries would be dying. I just know that people always have trouble with their watches, and that's why I like public clocks.

  

  Ben Katchor
  • People
  • Why
  • Doubt

• If we think systematically, we will stop asking, How much is nature worth? We will know that we are a piece of nature ourselves.

  

  Karl-Henrik Robert
  • Thinking
  • Nature
  • Pieces

• We sound like the Bay City Rollers after an assault by Black Sabbath. And, we vomit onstage better than anyone.

  

  Kurt Cobain Nirvana
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  • City

• You know, I don't think a lot about why one book connects with its readers and another doesn't. Probably because I don't want to start thinking, "Am I popular?" I spent way too much time thinking about that in high school.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
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  • School