Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
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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.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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I like 'Rocky Horror.'
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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My life is better with every year of living it.
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I do not believe, given her past decisions and comments on the reasons to go to war in Iraq, that Dr. Rice will be able to represent the United States without a predetermined bias from the war.
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Generations of gun owners have taught their sons and daughters that it takes as much patience and skill to be a good shot as it does to be a good steward of a powerful weapon.
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Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.
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We're just like a regular family.
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Many low-income children face chronic stress from nutritional deprivation or persistent violence at home or in the community. By addressing their medical, emotional and developmental needs through a comprehensive clinical care model, we can lower their risk of developing long-term physical and mental health issues.
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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.
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Eating and food are a wonderful part of our life's experience, and half of us are walking around dreading having to figure out what to put in our mouths.
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The act of song writing and recording became one and the same to me; because I essentially recorded everything I did from the day I began trying to write songs. I've always had a lot to say. I'd always written poems.
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Affluence means influence.
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Self-fulfillment and Growth are some of the most courageous acts on this planet
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It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival.
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When parents have invested enormous amounts of money in their kids' education, to find their kids coming back to live with them - well, that was not what they bargained for.
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The only person you need to be credible to is yourself. When you stand in front of the mirror and nobody is watching, are you happy with yourself?
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Let there be an SU(5) Yang-Mills theory with all its gauge bosons, let the symmetry be broken down spontaneously, and let all but one of the remaining massless gauge bosons be sold into infrared slavery. That one last gauge boson is my favorite. Let him rush forth to illuminate all of my creations!
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He's got another year after this one to contribute and play. He's an excellent athlete who works hard. We just want to give him more opportunities to get on the field. I think he will give us more production.
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Existence is its own justification, need is right.
