China Mieville Quotes
I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didn't feel fair.
Quotes to Explore
-
I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
-
I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
-
I like sitting close to windows.
-
But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.
-
William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.
-
I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.
-
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
-
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
-
Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
-
You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
-
I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
-
I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.
-
More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
-
I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.
-
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
-
When people are like, 'What do you think of this vampire craze?' - well, I don't really feel like it ever ended, personally, 'cause I've always been into them, like 'Underworld.'
-
But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
-
With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
-
All we can do in life is push through the things that make us afraid and try to be better.
-
This mix of willingness and passion made me the businesswoman I am now.
-
I was a manual labourer. I figured out really early on that the value of my life could be determined by my hourly rate as a manual labourer digging holes.
-
You know what I like about San Francisco? The women are beautiful, fashionable and smart. San Francisco is one of the only cities I like to visit. I love New York and Chicago - I studied there, and L.A. has the same people as New York.
-
It's important for everyone - working moms especially - to find moments to ground themselves and connect with their own breath.
-
I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didn't feel fair.
