Marie Lu Quotes
My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as a child. I still have a soft spot for that one!
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
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Japanese people are not known for expressing their feelings through singing and dancing, but I like to sing a lot. I don't just sing to myself in the shower. I sing everywhere.
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I grew up in a house full of books and parents who read, which led to me to reading from a very young age. And reading seemed to naturally progress to writing.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
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We're fortunate enough to live on a planet that's bathed in thousands of times more energy than we use and that's stocked with thousands of times more water, raw materials, and even food-growing potential than we need.
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People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
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The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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Fight scenes are like learning a dance. You learn it move by move, and then you put it all together and it looks awesome when you edit it together. It's great!
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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I live in New York and I was only there for 2 weeks all last year.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.
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Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.
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We are saying that when our nation targets law enforcement efforts at someone's appearance or what neighborhood they live in or what job they do, it is not living up to our nation's basic ideals.
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Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past.
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Advice to aspiring ministers: Get in the Word. Stay in the Word. Master the Word. And for heaven's sake, preach the Word!
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My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as a child. I still have a soft spot for that one!
