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Working is hard and distracts from having fun.
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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Brian Green
Frederick Bliss
Byron Walley
Scott Richards
Dinah Kirkham
P.Q. Gump
Byron S. Walley
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He kissed her and killed her then dumped her body in the river.
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I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.
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Early to bed and early to rise, Mazer intoned, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes.
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If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.
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Home is where the people who live there need me to come home to them, and worry about me when I'm gone. There's no such place on this earth, no matter how far I drive.
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Whenever the law gets its hands on you, those who use the law to their own advantage will also turn it against you. Don't put your trust in the laws of men, Alvin. They were designed by strong men to improve their power over weaker ones.
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