Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
While we read a novel, we are insane—bonkers. We believe in the existence of people who aren't there, we hear their voices... Sanity returns (in most cases) when the book is closed.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I don't believe in the model of pure inspiration. All of my creative work stems from a dialogue with others.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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Through the 'It's About Ability' campaign and with parents and other members of society, we have created a social family for children with disabilities.
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I love my country so much.
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It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose.
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While we read a novel, we are insane—bonkers. We believe in the existence of people who aren't there, we hear their voices... Sanity returns (in most cases) when the book is closed.
