Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
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Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them.
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I moved to New Zealand from Winnipeg when I was almost five. I hated it. It was to a city in the south of New Zealand called Invercargill and there was constant rain. There was a depressing sensation in the air.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.
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I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.
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I am a very selfish person.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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'Newsies' is definitely aerobic! The boys have to do a lot more than I do in the show, but for 'King of New York,' the big Act Two tap number, I have to be warmed up or I will hurt myself.
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Secularist justices de-Christianized our country. They invented new rights for vicious criminals as though criminal justice were a game. They tore our country apart with idiotic busing orders to achieve racial balance in public schools.
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We're still leaderless. We still don't have strong organizations that are fighting for us; there isn't a national AIDS organization out there worth squat in my opinion.
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If you want to get along, go along.
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I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
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Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.
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The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
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The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
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Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.
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The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.
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That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially.
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'The solution lies in secrecy,' said Medra. 'But so does the problem.'
