Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.
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It's interesting to have two totally unlikable characters as the love interests on a show.
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Tom Brokaw was never young.
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In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.
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I get angry real quick, but I also cool down just as fast. Albanians don't want to deal with anything in the moment.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.
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A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.
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Basically, Aristotle believed that every time you behaved unkind and immorally - performing actions your soul was not proud of - you tarnished your soul. The worst shape your soul became in, the worst shape your mood and spirit.
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Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
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The public is probably more suspicious of poets than women, and maybe for good reason.
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I think it's counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don't. You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.
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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
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You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company that is performing better or worse.
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Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.
