Ann Leckie Quotes

I suspect that we get used to particular sorts of stories being presented in particular sorts of ways, and we're so used to interpreting them and understanding what it is they're doing that we think of those forms and styles as faithful, complete depictions of reality.

Ann Leckie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 2, 1966

Topics

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Even though I read voraciously as a child, I never saw myself in books. Without narratives to expand my ideas of who I could be, I accepted the stories others told me about myself, stories which diminished and belittled me and people like me. I want to write against that.

Jesmyn Ward

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I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.

Jessica Lange

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A good idea is not enough. It must be the fit of a particular idea for a particular entrepreneur and, ideally, unfair advantages in why said particular entrepreneur is going to address said particular idea.

Andy Dunn

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We have invested in many of our customers in the health care business by lending or leasing money for equipment purchases or investing in some customers to help them grow business.

John L. Flannery

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Making great strides without a well-defined purpose will not bring positive results.

John Rampton

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During the summer of 1963 between my junior and senior years, I began a research project on hypothermia in the Department of Surgery with Sidney Wolfson. I quickly became fascinated by the project and continued working on it throughout my senior year.

Stanley B. Prusiner

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If Dick Shelby were to participate in a debate, it would answer a lot of questions about his health and cognitive ability.

Ron Crumpton

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Businesses perform better when you have diversity of view in your senior leadership positions. This is not just the right thing to do socially; it's the right thing to do for your business.

Ruth Porat

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I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.

Joseph Lister

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Those who wish to promote the welfare of the people should advance in solidarity with them and select the path most suitable for them. Since the history of our people is different from that of the people of the West, the steps that the two peoples choose to take in order to advance must also be different.

Sun Yat-sen

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It is a burden that people have expectations about me.

Paulo Dybala

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Redeeming subjects from cliche is its own pleasure and privilege.

Leslie Jamison

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