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Sometimes good people have to do terrible things.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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He jumped at the Giants face, clambered up his lip and nose, and began to dig in the Giant's eye.
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Thank you for this, Peter. For dry eyes and silent weeping. You taught me how to hide anything i felt. More than ever, i need that now.
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Human beings are free except when humanity needs them.
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From all wise men, O Lord, protect us.
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War was never so careful as to inflict suffering only where it was merited.
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Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you're good for. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools.
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