Marjorie Liu Quotes

Most of the female 'superhero' role models of my childhood came from novels, and they rarely had powers. Take Dorothy, for example, from 'The Wizard of Oz;' or Laura Ingalls and her sisters in the 'Little House on the Prairie' novels.

Marjorie Liu

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Many of my characters struggle with loneliness, that is fair to say.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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Shakespeare pursued the highway of the right. He did not seek to put his characters in a position where it was right to do wrong.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Everybody thinks I'm so serious and the dark side is very accessible to me, so of course it's a challenge to do something funny.

Stellan Skarsgard

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Just like my parents immigrated from ranch to ranch picking crops, I have migrated from city to city.

Juan Felipe Herrera

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If you have, especially with siblings, something like the competition for mom's affection, it just never goes away.

Jonathan Krisel

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November 11, 1802, I arrived at Judge Patterson's at Lisle. This respectable family treated me with every mark of distinction and friendship, and likewise all the people did the same. I really want for words to express my gratitude.

Deborah Sampson

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I'm a believer that we should support various forms of representation because they clearly resonate with unheard groups of people, and for such a huge project like 'Riverdale,' this kind of representation is fundamentally important.

Cole Sprouse

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I started in television as a youngster and was 14 when I started acting professionally.

Brooke Nevin

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I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of the art form.

Shia LaBeouf

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Knuckleball pitching is a very small fraternity.

Tim Wakefield

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If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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By most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti.

Noam Chomsky

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