Marjorie Liu Quotes
Most of the female 'superhero' role models of my childhood came from novels, and they rarely had powers. Take Dorothy, for example, from 'The Wizard of Oz;' or Laura Ingalls and her sisters in the 'Little House on the Prairie' novels.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.
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I would never belong to any club that excluded anybody for race.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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I don't really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their lives, I think they have enough to deal with, they don't need, you know, Abigail Breslin weighing in on their lives.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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Marxism conceives of the new system of socialism as the necessary outcome of all previous history made possible and necessary only by that previous history.
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Living such an opaque life has forced me never to take transparency, openness, and honesty for granted.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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What does it mean to have a Republican majority in the House? A lot of people think 'So what?' They should think again.
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Plaque was placed on 6 May 1977 at Bellevue (a house on the slopes of the Wienerwald) where the Freud family spent their summers.
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I've always been a glass-half-full as opposed to a glass-half-empty, and the day that changes is the day I should leave.
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Most of the female 'superhero' role models of my childhood came from novels, and they rarely had powers. Take Dorothy, for example, from 'The Wizard of Oz;' or Laura Ingalls and her sisters in the 'Little House on the Prairie' novels.
