Ken Liu Quotes
The 'Grace of Kings' begins as a very dark, complicated world filled with injustices - among them the oppressed position of women - but gradually transforms into something better through a series of revolutions. But since real social change takes a long time, even by the end of the book, only the seeds of deep change have been planted.
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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You feel it in there, pacing your heart sometimes, and it has what's called a defibrillator. Should I suffer that arhythmia, it's generally sudden death. And the paddles that are internal shock you back and restore your rhythm to its normal and natural state.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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I used to be scared of pretty girls, until one confessed they're just as scared of me.
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If you want to see useful Perl examples, we can certainly arrange to have comp.lang.misc flooded with them, but I don't think that would help the advance of civilization.
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When you can stand over the clouds and watch them roll through the mountains below you, it shifts absolutely everything in your brain.
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Our whole political machinery presupposes a people so fundamentally at one that they can safely afford to bicker.
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My firm belief is that people who aspire to public service should have the best advice up front, as they decide whether to run and the people decide whether to support them.
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The 'Grace of Kings' begins as a very dark, complicated world filled with injustices - among them the oppressed position of women - but gradually transforms into something better through a series of revolutions. But since real social change takes a long time, even by the end of the book, only the seeds of deep change have been planted.
