Ken Liu Quotes
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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Politicians are so... detested; they don't actually walk amongst people now.
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Hip-hop definitely taught me a lot. Having to create your own identity and become known and respected in a male-dominated field - it requires some guts. There are times you have to be strong, and times when you have to stand alone for what you believe in.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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Most people, from their second album on, find it much harder to be as spontaneously creative as they were with their first couple of records, and some people only have one thing that they do.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
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I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.
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(About controversy) What you guys get, that celebrities don't get, is that I live for this shit!
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I have been trying to get the hang of not being proud but instead turning that into thankfulness. Really whatever we have to be proud about, it is something given to us by the Lord.
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We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.
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All would wish to be saved and to enjoy the glory of paradise; but to gain heaven, it is necessary to walk in the straight road that leads to eternal bliss. This road is the observance of the divine commandments. Hence, in his preaching, the Baptist exclaimed: Make straight the way of the Lord.
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Trying to predict the future is a loser's game.
