Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
If your voice is heard by more people because you've earned some kind of name and fame, your silence on an issue of urgent moral importance is even more of a betrayal. Privilege is obligation.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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The world is too violent right now.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I like things simple.
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My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.
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I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other. People often say that theater is about flexing your muscles, and is actually real acting, whereas I sort of disagree.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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Sex Ed - when I finally got to take it - was all about biology and birth control and nothing about anything that actually goes on between people.
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Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
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The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
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But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved.
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I think Gingrich has embarrassed the party over time. Whether he'll do it again in the future, I don't know. But Gov. Romney never has.
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If your voice is heard by more people because you've earned some kind of name and fame, your silence on an issue of urgent moral importance is even more of a betrayal. Privilege is obligation.
