Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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I've been a fan since I was a kid of that sort of bump-in-the-night stuff. I don't tend to go in too much for the slash-and-burn-'em or the walker kills on 'The Walking Dead.' That stuff's not necessarily the stuff that frightens me or gets me going. It's more the terror of waiting, the thriller aspects, that I find compelling.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
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I remember back in the early days of Microsoft that from the day that you decided that you were just going to put out an ad to a customer - and all you were usually able to tell them was that a new product was available - it was about nine months before you could actually reach the first customer.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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There's depth in my comedy.
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I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
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Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
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We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.
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I love that quiet time when nobody's up and the animals are all happy to see me.
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I would never be able to spend all my life in a busy city like Mumbai.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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O let the organ, many-voiced, sing boldly, O let it roar like spring's first thunderstorm! My half-closed eyes over your young bride's shoulder Will meet your eyes just once and then no more.
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'Four sentences summarizing the lessons of History'
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Seek not the good in external things;seek it in yourselves.
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To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.
