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Sometimes you have to trust people enough to let them succeed and love them enough to let them fail.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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I've seen Australia and I've lived on an asteroid and I'd take the asteroid.
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Quim, she said, don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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