Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
Nothing remains the same from one moment to the next, you can't step into the same river twice. Life--evolution--the whole universe of space/time, matter/energy--existence itself--is essentially change.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.
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You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to descend, I sit down every day and I work when I'm not delivering lambs on the farm.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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I started out doing musicals.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.
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If you can't keep a promise to your family, can't keep a promise to your wife, you're having an affair, you're lying about the affair repeatedly. Why should the American people trust you when you say you're not gonna lie to them. Why should we trust you?
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I'm glad to say I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death.
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Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was personally the most heartbreaking tragedy that altered my life forever.
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I love men's company, but I don't feel I have to be married. Men are a wonderful part of life, like chocolate. But my life goes on whether they're there or not.
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You're seeing a youngster that's going to be around for a very, very long time
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Nothing remains the same from one moment to the next, you can't step into the same river twice. Life--evolution--the whole universe of space/time, matter/energy--existence itself--is essentially change.
