Orson Scott Card Quotes

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

Orson Scott Card

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 24, 1951

Topics

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If you do something, you should do it because you love it, and you should follow your heart and make it how your heart wants it to be made. But it's a difficult world, especially for musicians.

Jim James

LoveHeartWorldMusiciansYou

I want to show the world my humor.

Tracy Morgan

HumorWorldWantShow

Freddie had this unbelievable power and stamina. He had range both in his voice and in style. It's hard to find someone that can do everything he could do.

Roger Taylor

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I laugh all the time about our investigation, especially about making a fool of David Duke, who likes to think I don't have the intelligence of an ape because he thinks I'm genetically inferior.

Ron Stallworth

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For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.

Monica Crowley

FutureResponsibilityEndBetter

In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who hope to join it.

Mitch Daniels

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I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't.

Drew Barrymore

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I think a lot of mothers are doing as I am: starting up their own ventures as their children grow older, and having a kind of second blooming.

Donna Air

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I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.

Dorothy Allison

LoveResponsibilityPeopleEnough

One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

Donald Rumsfeld

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I had no idea how one became an actor. I didn't know things such as drama schools existed. It all just sort of happened accidentally.

David Thewlis

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Better not to work on things that you're not in love with.

China Chow

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