Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
They prevented men from doing anything. But they did nothing themselves. They did not rule, they only blighted.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I think some people forget sometimes I do have to go to the grocery store; I do enjoy going out to dinner. I have to get my oil changed from time to time. I do all the normal things. I cut my grass. People kind of forget that normal part, that we do a lot of the stuff that everybody else does, but we all have our talents, and mine is in football.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
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I'm trying to make perfect moments. And those generate meaning. If you go deep enough in how to make a moment, very quickly you come to how narrative works - to what we are as a species, how we've come up with telling stories in scenes and images.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.
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I think a lot of women, especially ones that want to achieve career goals, tend to worry. I don't want anyone to worry their life away - time goes by so fast, and worry is really wasted time and energy.
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I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard.
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My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
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All souls are equal and alike and have the similar nature and qualities.
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Love is a many trousered thing.
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Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down or exert our minds. They require us to think.
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Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere.
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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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They prevented men from doing anything. But they did nothing themselves. They did not rule, they only blighted.
