Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

Very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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• The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
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• Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
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• I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.

  

  Maggie Q
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• Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.

  

  Gary Larson
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• When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.

  

  Dane Cook
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• My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.

  

  Samantha Morton
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• Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.

  

  Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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• I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.

  

  Major Taylor
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• I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.

  

  Nathan Lane
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• I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!

  

  Laura Linney
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• I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese.

  

  Larry Hagman
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• I choose to focus on the positive.

  

  Halima Aden
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• It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.

  

  Victoria Principal
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• One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
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• Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.

  

  Gavin Newsom
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• The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
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• To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
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• Success is so bad for everybody, period. Especially a certain kind of success, when people practically give up their identity. They forget who they are, how they are.

  

  Jack Dunphy
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• I feel very guilty doing magic because you're deceiving somebody.

  

  Jesse Eisenberg
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• Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don't know what happened to my Dodgers.

  

  Leigh Steinberg
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• Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
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• Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.

  

  Imelda Staunton
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• Artists have different responsibilities in different eras. But at this point, I really feel like it's all hands on deck. An artist that's fiddle-faddling in opaque, gossamer gestures - I mean it's fine to do that, totally fine, but there's no time left. We don't have the luxury of time anymore.

  

  Anohni
  • Time
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• Very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Time
  • May
  • Stop