Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
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I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.
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The coolest part about 'God Made Girls' is you had all these different women writing it, so you had all these different perspectives in this song.
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Dementia is, after all, a symptom of organic brain damage. It is a condition, a disorder of the central nervous system, brought about in my case by a viral assault on brain tissue. When the assault wiped out certain intellectual processes, it also affected emotional processes.
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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.
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I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
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In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
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I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.
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Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.
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My life is gardening, cleaning around the house and power washing.
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When you hear 'Truth of Touch,' I believe you recognize that it is me; however it's not the typical Yanni album.
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I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.
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If I go to a reunion in east Texas, my mother's side or my father's, one out of ten is a preacher or a teacher. That's just the way it is in my family.
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The conformist understands that the reason of his desperate look for conformism is that he realises he is different and that he never accepted his difference.
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I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?
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Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.
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I was always the second heavy.
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In creating superdelegates, the Democratic Party recognized the expertise that its top holders of public office have gained by running for office themselves. They are experts at winning. They know the issues. They are in a unique position to evaluate presidential candidates.
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Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.
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Sometimes there a hundred lies behind a smile and not a single truth behind a tear.
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Easy victories aren’t worth winning.
