Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation.
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I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some decisions that I'm sure I wouldn't have if I didn't suffer with this affliction.
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had recorded and got out. It was the worst day of my life.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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The moment in which you make somebody laugh, you're only doing it to make them laugh and be happy. Then afterward you can be like, 'Oh, I just want the attention. I feel so good that everybody's listening to me and I got the approval that I need.'
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When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.
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Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.
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I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
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I do believe that children are all blessings from god. And I feel it's all positive, it's positive experience. You know, I don't like to dwell on any of the negative. And - a lot of people do.
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I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.
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The trend in entrepreneurship is up, but an entrepreneur's ability to hire is down.
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Everything I do is just really my intuition, and every time I go against my intuition, it's a mistake. Even though I may sit down and analyze and intellectualize something on paper, if I go against my gut feeling, it's wrong.
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In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.
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There are no right answers to wrong questions.
