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Remember, the enemy's gate is down.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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Science Fiction Writer
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Frederick Bliss
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Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.
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One mind can think only of its own questions it rarely surprises itself.
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You will learn to defeat the enemy.
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Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.
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