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"It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long."
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"When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books."
Books
"Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind."
Family
"I used to not back down from a challenge."
Challenge
"Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus."
Education
"It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long."
Character
"I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir."
School
"So when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the University of Texas, and then did some graduate work in it."
Work
"My personal feeling about science fiction is that it's always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world."
Science
"Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people."
People
"But in fantasy, you can make a complete break, and you can put people in a situation where they are confronted with things that they would not confront in the real world."
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"The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage."
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"Embody the character of the kingdom and it will manifest."
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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."
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"Integrity is more than truth and honesty; integrity is an unshackled mind, a happy heart, and a light spirit. Integrity is inner peace with a clear, clean conscience. Integrity is self-respect, honor, and credibility. Integrity is healthy and unfettering, and it is worth defending."
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"Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth."
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"A man is known his deeds."
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"He is quiet and small, he is blackFrom his ears to the tip of his tail;He can creep through the tiniest crackHe can walk on the narrowest rail.He can pick any card from a pack,He is equally cunning with dice;He is always deceiving you into believingThat he's only hunting for mice.He can play any trick with a corkOr a spoon and a bit of fish-paste;If you look for a knife or a forkAnd you think it is merely misplaced -You have seen it one moment, and then it is gawn!But you'll find it next week lying out on the lawn.And we all say: OH!Well I never!Was there everA Cat so cleverAs Magical Mr. Mistoffelees!"
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"Integrity is the antithesis of compromise and the sworn enemy of comfort. It bases its decisions not on how much discomfort we might be able to avoid, but on how much we need to avoid the compromise of comfort."
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"Cooperation is doing with a smile what you have to do anyhow."
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"Your personal integrity, defined as being honest and having strong moral principles, communicates whether (or not) you can be trusted."
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