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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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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You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.
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There is a huge body of evidence showing that people do better in their work when they know why they're doing it in the first place. They do better when they see what they're doing contributes to something in the world.
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I think what made John Lennon so exciting as an artist is that, like Dylan and other musicians with a truly important musical legacy, he had several faces, personas that changed over time as he developed.
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I never use a piano stool. I always use a drum stool. Because I feel that when you're down there, you're playing in that way you're supposed to. I like to be above it.
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People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.
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I wanted to be like Jo March in 'Little Women.' I wanted to be married to a man who would give me lots of sons.
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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.
