Marjorie Liu Quotes
I got into comics because I wrote an 'X-Men' novel for Pocket Books, and I introduced myself to the head of recruitment at Marvel. I'd heard through the grapevine they liked the book, so that gave me the courage to go up to them and be like, 'Hey, if you ever need a writer, here I am.'
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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The musket could not be aimed except in a general direction; a bow in the hands of a skilled archer could regularly hit and kill an enemy completely beyond musket range.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.
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We should all love animals.
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AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.
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I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.
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When I'm depressed, I definitely comfort eat, but I also eat when I'm happy. The only time I don't eat is if I am terribly nervous.
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You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal.
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You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.
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If we look at the fact that record covers are essentially advertisements for the music, we acknowledge a function and purpose to draw in the prospective buyer.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.
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I do not believe in God, but I believe God is man’s greatest idea. Those incapable of religious feeling or those (like hard-core gay activists) who profane sacred ground do not have the imagination to educate the young. … Until the left comes to its senses about the cultural power of religion, the right will continue to broaden its appeal.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
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In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds.
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I got into comics because I wrote an 'X-Men' novel for Pocket Books, and I introduced myself to the head of recruitment at Marvel. I'd heard through the grapevine they liked the book, so that gave me the courage to go up to them and be like, 'Hey, if you ever need a writer, here I am.'
