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As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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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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You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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My hands are clean, but not because I wasn't prepared to bloody them.
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So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared or angry that he tries to keep other people down…A real god doesn’t care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them.
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