Ken Liu Quotes

I write speculative fiction, and in my view, speculative fiction is really just a very intense version of the work of literature in general.

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• The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• A lot of EDM is not bad at all when it's simple, but a lot of it is not really musical. That's just what I really like to do: taking what I had at the beginning, which is classical and jazz influences, and putting it into electro.

  

  Anton Zaslavski
  • Bad
  • Simple
  • Beginning

• My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • Work
  • Parents
  • Hard Work

• I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it.

  

  Taissa Farmiga
  • Time
  • Work
  • Movie

• It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Work
  • Learn
  • Work Hard

• Something like 'The Matrix' would be ideal, something where it's super agents and wire work and special effects - not necessarily running from bombs and shooting people. Something more sleek, like an assassin.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
  • People
  • Work
  • Running

• This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.

  

  Edouard Manet
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  • She
  • Bad

• Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back in my youth, but now it's just being able to control it, and not work it so hard and use more of an emotional or sub textual kind of approach to singing.

  

  K. D. Lang
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  • Control
  • Singing

• Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.

  

  Ma Long
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  • Step
  • Hard Work

• If you are playing someone living, it is a different type of judgment. However much work you do, it is not a documentary. There will be things you can't get right, and ultimately, you have to take a leap because - you weren't there.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Work
  • Different
  • Judgment

• I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Work
  • Fun
  • Light

• In committing an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces to join international Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, President Obama seems to be fulfilling the plans of highly influential progressive groups who seek to transform the American military into more of a social-work organization.

  

  Aaron Klein
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  • American
  • Military

• I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
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  • Society
  • Cats

• As governor, I will always be willing to work with people who have ideas to offer and are ready to roll up their sleeves. That kind of teamwork will build a New Hampshire that will lead the nation and compete with the world. Together, we will help our businesses grow and build a stronger economy on a vision of innovation and growth.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There's not one face to anything.

  

  Eddie Huang
  • People
  • Work
  • Business

• I love to work with performers that are very different to me.

  

  Flula Borg
  • Work
  • Different
  • Performers

• Each show comes with its own set of problems to work through.

  

  Vic Morrow
  • Work
  • Problems
  • Through

• You know, sometimes if you work – if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
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  • Help
  • Tired

• Labels, boxes, and politically correct terminology all seem small and irrelevant when being compared to the violent and brutal attacks on the lives of people who are different than what society says we should be.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • People
  • Different
  • Society

• To see that I'm on a good path, that I'm improving, is what I want to feel.

  

  Garbine Muguruza
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  • Path

• It's the cross-training that's key. It doesn't let your body adapt to one stimulus too much and it keeps your workouts exciting.

  

  Brett Hoebel
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• It's a generational project just to get America to live up fully to its ideals and to have the kind of society where everybody has a shot, and every kid is getting a good education, and people are getting living wages, and they have decent retirement.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I write speculative fiction, and in my view, speculative fiction is really just a very intense version of the work of literature in general.

  

  Ken Liu
  • Work
  • Literature