Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
No man, no power, can bind the action of wizardry or still the words of power. For they are the very words of Making, and one who could silence them could unmake the world.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
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When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.
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Art is the job of the privileged.
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I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.
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I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
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I've sung background for a couple of bands.
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I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
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We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
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The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip hop. I never used to be into hip hop, but there's hip hop in the food, soul food, there's hip hop in the cars.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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Let's set aside political gamesmanship and work together for the sake of our children.
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A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.
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To me, there is no greater calling … If I can inspire young people to dedicate themselves to the good of mankind, I've accomplished something.
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Playing with friends is a victory.
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I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Numenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Elves say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive.
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There is superstition in avoiding superstition.
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No man, no power, can bind the action of wizardry or still the words of power. For they are the very words of Making, and one who could silence them could unmake the world.
