"America's intellectual community has never been very bright. Or honest. They're all sheep, following whatever the intellectual fashion of the decade happens to be. Demanding that everyone follow their dicta in lockstep. Everyone has to be open-minded and tolerant of the things they believe, but God forbid they should ever concede, even for a moment, that someone who disagrees with them might have some fingerhold of truth."

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Source : Orson Scott Card (2009). “Shadow of the Hegemon”, p.176, Macmillan

Orson Scott Card

#Fashion Quotes #Believe Quotes #America Quotes

“You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything You've got to be your own man, not a puppet on a string”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In Canada, Defending Girls from Islamic Honor Killings Is 'Racist'”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 7, 2014
“Don't be fooled into turning to Communism looking for food.”

Source : "The Africans" by David Lamb, (p. 61), 1982.
“If you're looking to freelance, just get as many gigs going as you can, and you can make it work. It's about getting as many side projects as possible, keeping as many balls in the air as you can, and what you're doing, basically, is diversifying your portfolio, with the same kinds of rewards. One falls through, and you still have another one to work on.”
“Everybody should have health care, on the one hand. But on the other hand, if you ask Americans, "Are you willing to pay for it?," they say no. So I've never been able to understand this contradiction.”

Source : "Frontline", www.pbs.org. November 10, 2007.
“It hurts to leave a light on for nobody.”
“Fear is never a good enough reason to do nothing”
“Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will simply be background noise.”

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