China Mieville Quotes

I think the role of science fiction is not at all to prophesy. I think it is to tell interesting, vivid, strange stories that at their best are dreamlike intense versions and visions of today.

China Mieville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Haiti looks like a bomb hit it.

Jim Fowler

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When I look in the mirror, I sometimes think I'm getting old, but then I have two generations behind me so that helps puts things into perspective. I am a grandmother now, but at least my nine-year-old grandson Jude calls me Glamma and not Granny.

Stephanie Beacham

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With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.

Stephen Jay Gould

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The modern economics of the newsroom don't support big investigative reporting staffs.

Steve Bannon

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In my mind, I don't necessarily associate a summer show with lightness.

Stephanie Savage

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It was like a cliche for the parents in my hometown to let their kids watch 'Friends.' I had no interest at first, because I could not understand a word.

RM

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Once you start having success, it's easy to forget the mentality that got you started as a kid.

Mikaela Shiffrin

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What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that's what I want.

Michelle Obama

LifeChildrenThinkPressureEasy

We have huge holes in our education in the West. I think that we have little knowledge of Asian history. If you ask a well-educated, modern Western person about World War II, most will think that the theatre of war was only in Europe. But it's known that the Pacific War was going on concurrently, and we don't know anything about it.

Min Jin Lee

EducationKnowledgeHistoryWarYou

The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government.

Jay Alan Sekulow

GodGovernmentCountryClearlyCome

I wasn't exactly uncomfortable when I did my first comedy. I was just very aware of the risks; if you do a comedy that sucks, and you suck in it, then you won't get a chance to do it again.

Donnie Wahlberg

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If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.

Coretta Scott King

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