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Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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Brian Green
Frederick Bliss
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If he was a good man, how could he leave me? So he must not be a good man. But if he isn't good, then why does it hurt so much to lose him?
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When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views.
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I always tell what I believe. Whether it's true, I'm no more sure than any man.
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I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.
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As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what “just living” might actually be. He had never done it in his life. But he wanted to do it anyway.
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I always tell the truth about what I’m selling, and then nobody buys it.
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