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Ann Leckie Quotes

When I'm writing, I don't really have much other guide than, 'As a reader, how would I respond to this?'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Writing Respond Would Guide Than

You then get into a period a few years ago, where a lot of external factors that we didn't have anything to do with did hit, and some of them at the same time... devaluations, weak economies, you name it, in various parts of the world.

Time World Name You Weak Anything

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.

Jerry B. Jenkins

Family Broken Relationships Heavy

There's a lot of stress out there, and to handle it, you just need to believe in yourself; always go back to the person that you know you are, and don't let anybody tell you any different, because everyone's special and everyone's awesome.

McKayla Maroney

Believe In Yourself Stress Yourself

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.

Robert Kiyosaki

Intelligence Smart Easy You Over

The idea of making pictures abroad is exciting when you're in Hollywood and have never worked in foreign countries. You think you'll get to see the sights and have all the fun that goes with traveling. Actually, you spend so much time on the job that you don't do much else.

Time Job Fun Think You Pictures

I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations.

Respect Great Generation Always Up

I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?

Man Three Why Never Balls Out

I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people.

People Thought Person Insult Never

I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.

I Am Dinner Small Friends Someone

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

Roberto Benigni

Gratitude Mediocrity You Moderation

Seeing, say, 'My Left Foot,' and 'The Last of the Mohicans.' How is that the same person? Or people like Johnny Depp, who can play Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands. I am so interested in the transformation, in not knowing anything about them and watching somebody create a character. I'm not really interested in personalities.

Character I Am People Transformation

Journalists have misquoted people for so long - and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their words on record.

Jason Calacanis

Words People Long Out Context Like

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