Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive. In the middle category, however - that of the unnecessary but undestructive, that of comfort, luxury, exuberance, etc
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.
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If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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A nation's economy is more than its markets, tastes, technologies and property rights.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.
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For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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Which is not to discount everything I've done in my past; everything I have learned tremendously from.
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I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.
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Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself.
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Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive. In the middle category, however - that of the unnecessary but undestructive, that of comfort, luxury, exuberance, etc
