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Orson Scott Card Quotes

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome people or groups angry, at other times I wonder why I put up with such grief.

Orson Scott Card

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Grief Angry People Proud Feel Why

Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.

Melody Beattie

Time Moment Think Even Each

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

John Irving

Believe Behavior Consequences Rules

I bet I made close to 20 tackles because nobody on either side knew what they were doing.

Merlin Olsen

Doing Nobody Side Because Knew Made

I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.

Steve Carell

Funny Think Doing Watching Anything

I don't want to be a dictator, because it is contrary to my own conscience. I am a democrat, but I don't desire democratic liberalism. On the contrary, I want a guided democracy... I have a conception of my own, which I will put at the disposal of the party leaders if required.

Sukarno

I Am Democracy Party Desire Want

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Shunryu Suzuki

Good Yourself You Burn Leaving Up

I enjoy talking to young people, and talking to people about helping young people. That part is not a chore. It's pretty fun, and something I like to do because I think it's important.

Tony Dungy

Fun People Think Talking Enjoy

In acting, there's a type of courage you're recognized for all the time. You lose 100 pounds and play a guy with AIDS, and you get rewarded. But, in life, doing what is courageous is quiet, and no one knows about it. Courage is someone making sacrifices for their family or making selfless decisions for what they hope or feel.

Rob Lowe

Life Family Hope Courage Time Doing

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out.

Michael Korda

Work Success Hate Job Face You

I will always come back to do Australian films. I think it matters. I think we can make films that people go and see. And I don't think it's too much to ask that films in this country make a profit and that we embrace them.

Josh Lawson

People Think Back Profit Too Much

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands.

Jared Diamond

Stone Defeat Animals Military Dozen

Fartlek, or speed play, is variable-pace running that emphasizes creativity. During a 30-minute run, choose objects to run to - telephone poles, trees, buildings, other runners, whatever. Make choices that mark off different distances, so your pickups vary in length from 15 to 90 seconds, and modify your pace to match the distance.

Don Kardong

Creativity Choices Trees Choose Play