China Mieville Quotes

I'm a very friendly socialist.

China Mieville

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• Thank God there is a such thing as hiatus. We got the first 'Dr. Horrible' done in six days, we banged it out.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • God
  • Done
  • Thank God

• I don't believe in one ideal beauty.

  

  Zac Posen
  • Believe
  • Beauty
  • Ideal

• In the Lamborghini I have to avoid certain roads because of pot holes, and there's nowhere to put my drink, no cup holder. And I'm not going to lie, it looks pretentious. I used to think it was cool to, like, drive it to dinner. Now? Like I really need to be looked at any more.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Cool
  • Lie
  • Roads

• I was very shy, but when I performed, I felt like I was in my own little world. I became more confident. Dancing taught me discipline and to feel comfortable in my own skin.

  

  Olga Fonda
  • World
  • Discipline
  • Comfortable

• I think it's really good to get the adrenaline pumping.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Good
  • Think
  • Adrenaline

• Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • You
  • Like
  • Abuse

• Although more than 500 million maritime containers move around the world each year, accounting for 90 per cent of international trade, only 2 per cent are inspected. Strengthening customs and immigration systems is essential.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • World
  • Year
  • Immigration

• For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Time
  • Long
  • Women

• I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.

  

  Tarsem Singh
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Movie

• While I've won five Junos, I've donated four of them to the National Archives in Ottawa. Which left my fifth Juno sitting, seemingly abandoned by its four family members, on my bookcase in my dining room.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Family
  • Abandoned
  • Dining

• I love traveling. But I haven't had big, transformative experiences while on the road. When I go out on the road, it's to go out and get a story or do a promotional event.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Love
  • Road
  • Story

• When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams, your fantasies and relationships, and your religion becomes violent, too.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Violence
  • Religion
  • Dreams

• My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Mother
  • Know
  • Amazing

• Once a year I will clean my room, just because I feel I should.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Feel
  • Year
  • Just Because

• The most satisfying thrillers send ordinary people into battle against the forces of evil - otherwise known as greed, ego, rage, fear and laziness - and bring them out bloodied but whole.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • People
  • Fear
  • Evil

• When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux.

  

  Rachael Leigh Cook
  • Life
  • Real
  • Business

• I have no one style.

  

  Oscar Peterson
  • Style

• I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Time
  • Think
  • Alone

• When people call something a 'fail,' it's because you tried to accomplish something but didn't make it. If you're just walking down the street and something bad just happens to you, that's not really a fail on your part. You might call that situation a fail.

  

  Ben Huh
  • People
  • Bad
  • Walking

• We take things at face value, don't we? You form an opinion about something immediately, but you ought to step back a bit. Take in the vista first.

  

  Maxine Peake
  • Value
  • Opinion

• Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.

  

  Robert Falcon Scott
  • Heart
  • Courage
  • Companies

• A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • People
  • Home
  • Learning

• I have to admit that talking authoritatively about my students' stories can make me feel, at times, like an astronaut who has just landed on a new planet and insists on giving guided tours to its inhabitants.

  

  Etgar Keret
  • Feels
  • Stories
  • Students

• I'm a very friendly socialist.

  

  China Mieville