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When I am drunk I am at my best. It is the national knack of the French.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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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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People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below you, you give them hope, you give them respect, they give you power, cause they don't think they have any, so they don't mind giving it up.
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His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life.
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.
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With false names, on the right nets, they could be anybody. Old men, middle-aged women, anybody, as long as they were careful about the way they wrote. All that anyone would see were their words, their ideas. Every citizen started equal, on the nets.
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