China Mieville Quotes

My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came to China, which is cockney rhyming slang for mate.

China Mieville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 6, 1972

Topics

BeautifulParentsMeLookingName

I want to buy them, because historically these have been great engines of enrichment for the middle class, 'historically' meaning now for a good ten years.

Jim Cramer

GoodGreatMeaningNowWantClass

I've done a lot of fighting in my time, and I'm down to do some more. I don't want to, but you know, there's just certain things that you can't sit down and take.

Jill Scott

TimeFightingYouDownKnowDone

I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career as much as I'm having an adventure with a guitar. I never liked the business way of doing it. You have to follow some sort of instinct.

Jerry Jeff Walker

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Basketball has given me everything, but it has to be bigger than basketball. That was the first thing that I said to Under Armour, and they were behind it 100 percent. This isn't about a shoe deal.

Joel Embiid

MeBasketballSaidShoeFirstDeal

Visual-effects shots should flow into the rest of the live action, and you shouldn't be able to see a difference.

John Knoll

LiveActionRestYouFlowSee

Respectfully, the civil rights movement for people with disabilities is modeled on the African American civil rights movement. I'm old enough to remember 1964. I was a junior in high school.

Robert David Hall

SchoolPeopleHigh SchoolAmerican

My kids love going to the comics store with me, but they have insatiable appetites for new apps, and I truly believe we have to be online in order to reach their generation.

Rob Liefeld

LoveMeBelieveGenerationReach

I always felt that if I did the right thing, that if I trained hard and worked hard, I'd be rewarded somehow.

Micky Ward

HardThe Right ThingRightAlways

I'm constantly being surprised and finding unplanned things - because the writing is a process of experiencing things on the ground with the characters.

Michelle Paver

WritingProcessFindingGroundBeing

If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there aren't that many movies that are really, truly, honestly that funny.

Michael Keaton

FunnyGoodManComedyYearYou

I was not a very popular kid in high school, and I had this idea that the way that I dressed would change how liked I was. It was that kind of Pygmalion story. I think, ultimately that's probably why I became interested in fashion, its transformative power, and how it can change your identity.

Joseph Altuzarra

ChangePowerSchoolIdentityFashion

Food is at the core of our lives in ways we don't always think about - how it affects our environment, how it affects our health and well-being, how it affects the expense of society, the expense of government.

Cory Booker

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