Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
'Why must there be war?' 'Oh Lavinia, what a woman's question that is! Because men are men.'Ursula K. Le Guin
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
Karen Elson -
One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
Jack Henry Abbott -
Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
Walker Percy -
I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan -
The surface is all you get of me.
Gary Hume
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
Orlando Bloom -
The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
Samuel P. Huntington -
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
Patrick Henry -
AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.
Yusuf Hamied -
Everything I say is true.
Laura Schlessinger -
I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
Ted McGinley
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I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang out with my high school friends.
Zoe Kravitz -
My siblings and I, we were raised on TV and films. Not a day went by that we weren't watching one of three movies - 'Caddyshack,' 'Animal House,' 'Beverly Hills Cop' - on rotation. Our comedy, our personalities were set watching 'Sesame Street': these really sort of wacky, Jim Henson-y characters.
Teddy Sears -
Several hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs live in slums known as refugee camps in Gaza, Judea, and Somalia. Attempts by Israel to rehabilitate and oust them have been defeated by Arab objections. Nor has their fate been any better in Arab states.
Yitzhak Shamir -
A surgeon wouldn't sell his tools. A lawyer doesn't sell his law books. I'm not going to sell my horse. I'm a sportsman.
Ian Millar -
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
Mae West -
I want to go out and chase greatness. That's all I want to do.
J. J. Watt
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Whether 'Avatar' is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it's undeniable that the film - like alien apartheid flick 'District 9', released earlier this year - is emphatically a fantasy about race.
Annalee Newitz -
In terms of the ability to go out and win - this is why you have campaigns. You go out, and you take your issues to voters, and you put them out there, and people respond, or they don't.
Bill Halter -
My wife and I were talking about '90210,' and we were kind of joking around about how many girls I've kissed on the show, and we got lost at, like, 25. That's a lot! I can't say that I haven't enjoyed most of them.
Matt Lanter -
Ariana Grande was on a TV show, and then she started her career singing. If I'm offered a TV show, I'm going to pursue that and then see if I can push my singing. And then if I push my singing, awesome. My biggest goal, though? Be an actress in movies. I would love to have a career like Meryl Streep's someday.
Lele Pons -
I really do try to let the identity or voice inside come out.
Victoria Legrand Beach House -
'Why must there be war?' 'Oh Lavinia, what a woman's question that is! Because men are men.'
Ursula K. Le Guin