Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
The thing about working with time, instead of against it, he thought, is that it is not wasted. Even pain counts.

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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
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My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things - flora, fauna, human and animal - that exist upon it.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a child.
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Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day.
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When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.
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I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth.
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Some girls cannot go to school because of the child labor and child trafficking.
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I think it's particularly stupid that filmmakers have traditionally said, 'Yeah, I like baseball, but the movie's not going to be about the intricacies of the game.' I mean, you wouldn't cast an overweight guy with stubble if you were doing a ballet film.
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I think there's a certain space people have decided I occupy - the funny-sidekick thing.
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Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.
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I don't support gay marriage, but I also don't support a constitutional amendment banning it. However, I do support same sex unions that would give gay couples all the rights, privileges and protections of marriage.
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Engineering is not only study of 45 subjects but it is moral studies of intellectual life. Make things as simple as possible..but not simpler.
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I want to inspire other young women of color and empower them. I want them to know that they can do and be anything they dream of.
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I was fortunate to work with actors who loved music too. Just seeing what it would do to their manner and their faces was great and it helped give the story a little more soul.
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The thing about working with time, instead of against it, he thought, is that it is not wasted. Even pain counts.