Marjorie Liu Quotes
We're not accustomed to giving women the space to express the full range of emotions and flaws that men are permitted. Anger and aggressiveness aren't part of the scale of what is acceptable behavior in women, whereas men - in reality and in fiction - are allowed a much fuller range of emotion.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana is no different than that. And especially we should try to discourage young people from using marijuana.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
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Shun all vice, especially card playing.
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I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
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When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.
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People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
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My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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I watched the Disney Channel all the time growing up. 'Lizzie McGuire' was my all-time favorite. I'm pretty sure I had every piece of merchandise that involved Lizzie. And I loved 'That's So Raven.'
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I had done chorus before in school, but I was only trying for an easy A. I was a bass going 'dum dum da doo wop.'
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My biggest asset is that I know how to learn, and that, I believe, will help me in the long run.
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I really believe in the idea of the future.
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Welcome to Morganville.You'll never want to leave.And even if you do...well, you can't. Sorry about that.
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Women are real. Our reality covers the whole human megillah, from feeble to fierce, from bad to good, from endangered to dangerous. We don't just deserve power, we have it. And power in this and every other society is not just the capacity to benefit those around us.
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In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.
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I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice.
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I'm not the cool thing, and I'm not going to be the cool thing for a really long time, and it isn't like I'm not the cool thing and I sell 3,000,000 records every time. I'm not the cool thing, and I barely sell 150,000 records, if that, ever. So I'm obviously working really hard to sustain myself. I'm actually a target to be dropped, because that's just not enough records for a big company.
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We're not accustomed to giving women the space to express the full range of emotions and flaws that men are permitted. Anger and aggressiveness aren't part of the scale of what is acceptable behavior in women, whereas men - in reality and in fiction - are allowed a much fuller range of emotion.
