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Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind their words.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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When you have faith in something a lot of other people believe then you a member of the church said Ceas, When you have faith in something nobody believes, then you a complete wacko
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I'm not stupid! In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy.
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the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.
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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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There's always hope... even when there isn't faith. And sometimes, without hope or faith, there must be charity.
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The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.
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The world was full of locked doors, and he had to get his hand on every key.
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