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Ever since the Gulf War ended, we've been working to try to minimize the amount of time and the size of the footprint that U.S. forces have in Saudi Arabia,


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ORSON SCOTT CARD It was not right, thought Han Fei-tzu, for his wife to die before him: her ancestor-of-the-heart had...
ORSON SCOTT CARD Others find humanity by looking in their own hearts. Only lost souls need to search for it outside t...
ORSON SCOTT CARD Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it.
Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave...
ORSON SCOTT CARD The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.
ORSON SCOTT CARD I'm not a liar, sir,' she said.
"'No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're prete...
ORSON SCOTT CARD Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitani...
ORSON SCOTT CARD With life. Rooter says that life is how God gives purpose to the universe.
ORSON SCOTT CARD If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.
ORSON SCOTT CARD Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.
ORSON SCOTT CARD The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.
ORSON SCOTT CARD I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and ...
ORSON SCOTT CARD When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other...
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