Ann Leckie Quotes

When I was a kid, I had no perception whatever that science fiction was supposed to be a boys' club.

Ann Leckie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I mean, I have worked out. I've always worked out a little, you know, when I felt it was, like... time.

Jemima Kirke

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Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

Mel Brooks

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It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age.

Amanda Seyfried

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I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the crew were very good and the fact that we shot in LA in the real Hollywood, studios and houses. We shot in the bed of Mary Pickford, and you cannot be any more accurate than that, so that helped a lot.

Michel Hazanavicius

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Einstein was a great advocate of the notion that good ideas look absurd at the beginning. Camus expressed a similar view.

Michael Leunig

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They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer.

Miroslav Vitous

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My actual passion is getting things done.

Cheryl Mills

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I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity.

Clifford Geertz

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My dad was young; he went to work. But he'd been to war. He'd seen some of the world. It wasn't like he was going to be an extensive traveler or something. It didn't seem to be in his nature or in the nature of his parents or many of the folks in my family, really.

Bruce Springsteen

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I'm kind of an animated person. I was given this really big blessing that my voice just kind of carries the emotion.

Auli'i Cravalho

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When I was 13, I had my first job with my dad carrying shingles up to the roof. And then I got a job washing dishes at a restaurant. And then I got a job in a grocery store deli. And then I got a job in a factory sweeping Cheerio dust off the ground.

Ashton Kutcher

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There is a difficulty in combating the type of terror that is perpetrated by groups of radical Jews. It's terror from within, and it is difficult to bring these perpetrators to justice; we need to create tools in order to combat this style of terrorism.

Reuven Rivlin

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