China Mieville Quotes

'Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can't get the other way, and vice versa.

China Mieville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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With a face like mine, I do better in print.

Jerry Springer

FaceBetterMineLikePrint

Hollywood sold its stars on good looks and personality buildups. We weren't really actresses in a true sense, we were just big names - the products of a good publicity department.

Ann Sothern

GoodStarsPersonalityLooksTrue

I miss Irish milk. Probably not as much as Superquinn sausages.

Tristan MacManus

MilkIrishMissSausagesMuch

I cook naked, and I walk around naked. I'm very comfortable with my body.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.

Mary Wollstonecraft

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I didn't study theology out of piety. I studied it because I wanted to know.

Mary Daly

KnowStudyOutBecauseTheology

In 'Packing for Mars,' I tried to convey the importance of getting young people interested in science.

Mary Roach

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I met this homeless man who had never owned a shirt in his life. He had taken his pants and worn them as a shirt and I thought it was so creative. He was liberated from the conventions of fashion.

Julia Stiles

LifeManCreativeHomelessFashion

Hurricane Katrina was the storm of the 21st century. It devastated an area the size of Great Britain. More than 1,800 Americans died. Three hundred thousand homes were destroyed. There was $96 billion in property damage. I served on the Louisiana Recovery Authority. I saw Congress write one big check and then skip town.

Donna Brazile

GreatStormCongressThreeAuthority

I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to me. It didn't matter whether the subject was Namibia or Egypt; I was expected to know, to explain.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

CollegeMeKnowEgyptAfricaMatter

My father's family can be traced back to 1400. I've been told by gypsies that there is unmistakeably gypsy blood in me. Lee is a gypsy name, you know.

Christopher Lee

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Scientists announced that they have located the gene for alcoholism. Scientists say they found it at a party, talking way too loudly.

Conan O'Brien

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