Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
Carles Puigdemont -
I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you were a math person, why math? Oh my gosh, I could never do math!' I could just see their self-esteem crumbling; I thought that was silly, so I wanted to make math more friendly and accessible.
Danica McKellar -
I like films to be complete in their written form.
Patrice Leconte -
Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Never have we stolen the intelligences of other peoples. On the contrary, in Cuba we have trained tens of thousands of doctors and other top-level professionals, for free, in order to send them back to their own countries.
Fidel Castro -
I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.
Harmony Korine
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If you don't meet the standards, then you don't qualify.
Harold Ford, Jr. -
People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
Idris Elba -
I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.
Zach Galligan -
I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.
Mae Whitman -
DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.
Harriet Ann Jacobs -
People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.
Daniel Clowes
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
Natalie Jeremijenko -
Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
Larry Flynt -
Your body has space within you that cannot die.
Wayne Dyer -
The constitution is itself the product of the freedom struggle.
Vayalar Ravi -
I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.
Jack Klugman -
If you look at Republicans, they always run these old war horses.
Foster Friess
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The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism.
Dennis Prager -
I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you think that perhaps could become your sound, too. I did that with Hemingway, and I thought I was writing just like Hemingway. Then all of a sudden it occurred to me - he didn't have a sense of humor. I don't know anything he's written that's funny.
Elmore Leonard -
Many of my favorite survivors in fiction show that it may not be the most muscled, macho or mighty people who pull through. A strong mind and body aren't always enough. You might also need a resilient heart.
Claire Cameron -
When we lived in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, my sister and I did a local play. My whole family got involved. My mom did the makeup. My sister and I were being homeschooled, and my parents wanted us to be socialized. We had a lot of fun with the other kids hanging out backstage.
Danielle Panabaker -
'Aye. Like knows like, sister'
Ursula K. Le Guin