Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
Readers, after all, are making the world with you. You give them the materials, but it's the readers who build that world in their own minds.
Quotes to Explore
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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As a younger actor, I had delusions. I would dream of Scorsese and De Niro; I would meet people, and it would be like this, and it would change moviemaking in France, and Paris would become the center of the world.
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I think when you have an optimistic attitude, and you believe that God is guiding you, that you will find the good things in your life and that you will lead to good relationships and good people in your life. And you can make the most of what he's given you.
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No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
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Where love is, there God is also.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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I think that success is having fun.
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However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy.
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The most stylish country in the world is Italy.
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I always went to Ireland as a child. I remember trips to Dundalk, Wexford, Cork and Dublin. My gran was born in Dublin, and we had a lot of Irish friends, so we'd stay on their farms and go fishing. They were fantastic holidays - being outdoors all day and coming home to a really warm welcome in the evenings.
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Readers, after all, are making the world with you. You give them the materials, but it's the readers who build that world in their own minds.
