Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
What is a body that casts no shadow? Nothing, a formlessness, two-dimensional, a comic-strip character. If I deny my own profound relationship with evil I deny my own reality. I cannot do, or make; I can only undo, unmake.
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I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.
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I am tone deaf.
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A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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On a Friday night in 1983, I was in a taxi in New York riding home from dinner with friends. A drunk driver ran a red light and hit the cab, and I was thrown toward the glass partition. I tried to duck, but my face hit the glass, and the impact fractured my cheekbone, my eye socket, my collarbone and several ribs.
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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Yoga may look peaceful and calming, but even Arnold Schwarzenegger would have trouble breathing after twenty 'surya namaskars' in a row.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!
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What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.
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The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.
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I am so deaf I am debarred from hearing all the time articulation and have to depend on the judgment of others.
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All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative.
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I thought, "If I could bring these characters [Wonder Boys] to life and lead the audience to react the same way I did, this could be a really special picture." Then I read Michael's [Chabon] novel and got even more enthusiastic about it.
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I feel like kids in general, not just African-American kids, are influenced by what they see, both positive and negative.
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Movies have a way of distilling moments in our culture, and 'Gravity' may be the defining film for the lost-in-space year of 2013: Nothing works.
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What is a body that casts no shadow? Nothing, a formlessness, two-dimensional, a comic-strip character. If I deny my own profound relationship with evil I deny my own reality. I cannot do, or make; I can only undo, unmake.
