Marjorie Liu Quotes

Growing up as Chinese-American, as someone who experienced racism, questions of 'otherness' are always at the forefront of my mind.

Marjorie Liu

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We all got driven out of Manhattan. It was a very conducive place for artists when I was growing up, and now it's definitely not. The city has been completely taken over by the rich.

Gaby Hoffmann
- Up
- Growing
- City
It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

Barbara Kruger
- Good
- Work
- Mind
When you see Major League Baseball putting academies in other countries, obviously that throws up a red flag. You wonder why they ain't going up in our neighborhood. Bottom line, what I see, I talk about... I see it over and over. If anybody can show me I'm wrong, then show me.

Gary Sheffield
- Up
- Why
- Wonder
There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.

Nathan Sawaya
- Up
- Time
- Art
The short hair fits my personality more. I think maybe, with long hair, it was a role - I was playing dress-up a bit.

Natalie Maines
- Up
- Long
- Hair
When I grew up, the thing boys would do during the summer is work tobacco because it was a cheap product back then. I didn't want to do that. From an early, early, early age, I was like, 'I like music. This performing thing comes easy.' And perhaps that's how I ended up doing what I'm doing today. Being a musician.

Maceo Parker
- Up
- Work
- Music