Ken Liu Quotes
There is no way for me to replicate for you what a sentence reads like for a Chinese reader.
Quotes to Explore
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Life does not owe me a shred.
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That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.
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I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
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I would love to go to Ladakh - there are beautiful monasteries there and because I am from Himachal. I would love to go to Paris. I haven't been to New York, which I have heard a lot about. And, I would love to go to Kanyakumari. I think that would be interesting!
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I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy.
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As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.
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The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots.
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If your government had given me a thousandth of the sum it spent to depose me, I could have won that war.
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How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.
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It's better to be honest about your opinions than to pretend you don't have them.
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Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
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Music isn't selling like it used to, but the one thing you can't steal or download is a live show experience or a T-shirt.
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Morality is not only taught; it is caught.
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'YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosophy really revolves around how to help users, from a massive video database, finds what's best and what's cool.
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When my family did shy away from Indian food, we'd eat a lot of Chinese. We'd use the wok a lot. I never had a problem with Brussels sprouts or broccoli growing up. I always grew up with the mentality of finishing your plate.
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I believe I and all the Chinese people have such a conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes for and needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible.
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We should be doing more business with China. We should be better connected to the Chinese economy.
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There is no way for me to replicate for you what a sentence reads like for a Chinese reader.
