Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

How can people be anything but ignorant when knowledge isn’t saved, isn’t taught?

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• I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • Country
  • Think
  • Running

• I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.

  

  Nas
  • Life
  • Up
  • Morning

• Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.

  

  Edmund Waller
  • High
  • Muse
  • Conqueror

• I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.

  

  Sally Quinn
  • Home
  • Wine
  • Lunch

• We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

  

  Walker Percy
  • Love
  • Know
  • For Him

• When I entered into office mid-recession, my No. 1 focus was Utah's economy. We set bold goals, and we've built one of the best-performing economies in the nation.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Focus
  • Goals
  • Economy

• A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Man
  • Become
  • Atheist

• I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

  

  Iris DeMent
  • People
  • Know
  • Inside

• 'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Game
  • Story
  • Fantasy

• Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Discrimination
  • Agenda

• When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Emotions
  • Go
  • Come

• I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Nature
  • Deep
  • Human Nature

• In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a film by that name in 1907, but, unlike his earlier adaptations of Verne, Melies' version bears no resemblance to the book.

  

  Kage Baker
  • Book
  • Sea
  • Name

• I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.

  

  Larry Brown
  • Want
  • Play
  • Him

• 2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.

  

  Oliver Platt
  • Great
  • Me
  • Roles

• I did charity events with the Cup all the time.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Time
  • Charity
  • Cup

• I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Time
  • Pretty
  • Professional

• What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • People
  • Good
  • Important

• I loved the travel but I didn't love the work. I mean, come on, modelling is only so stimulating!

  

  Brooklyn Decker
  • Work
  • Travel

• People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.

  

  Cristina Saralegui
  • People
  • Hate
  • Racism

• Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of financial trouble and would profit from bankruptcy but just haven't filed.

  

  Elizabeth Warren
  • Family
  • Financial

• They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, to shoot low and aspire not at all. They are always wrong. Follow your dreams. Make your wishes. Create the future. And above all, believe in yourself. That is the lesson of Babylon 5.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Believe
  • Future
  • Nice

• People ask me how I sang the role of the 'Phantom' 1,700 times. And I say that it's down to good material. If it did not have good material, I would have had a major problem doing it for that length of time.

  

  Colm Wilkinson
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• How can people be anything but ignorant when knowledge isn’t saved, isn’t taught?

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • People
  • Knowledge