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Ken Liu Quotes

'The Grace of Kings' was meant to read like a set of legends about characters who were bigger than life.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1976

Topics

Life Grace Kings Legends Bigger Set

It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.

Live Men Risks People Slavery Up

And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.

Work Tomorrow Wise Illusion Go

We as a society need to become healthier.

Matthew Heineman

Society Become Need Healthier

My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to do, whether it be arguing about having a nicer package - because I do believe some people care about that - to trying to always bank on art-versus-the-easy-commerce route; there's always been headbutting involved.

Experience People Believe Care Bank

We have a normal. As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.

Robin S. Sharma

Comfort Zone You Comfort New Unknown

No disrespect to people that don't use music theory or don't know it. It does help to be able to figure out what key a song is in, even though with your scales you can figure it out so you can set your Auto-Tune right. So many songs with Auto-Tune are off or have the wrong note playing on the 808. And they pass it off as being hood.

Music People Song Key Disrespect

Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in. When I worked with Clark Terry, that was the beginning of school for me, and Harry Belafonte and Sergio Mendes, they were all my universities.

Beginning School People Me Now Jazz

Charlotte is a very interesting place - I'm Canadian, but I've lived in Toronto, Vancouver, and I've been living here in L.A. for years.

Diego Klattenhoff

Interesting Place Living Toronto

The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound strange because it was a great tour in many ways, but, for me, the more time goes by, the less of a career highlight it becomes, and just more of a frustration.

Brian O'Driscoll

Great Time Me Frustration Career

I approach every role with the same commitment because I'm being paid for it. To not do so would be unethical.

Commitment Same Being Paid Role

The only one who is alive today and still being talked about is Pierre Cardin.

Today Alive Being Only Still Who

You need to keep having data points of progress, so even if an investor - and we've all had investors say no to us - there are times where you go back, and you keep them in the loop, and you keep telling them the progress and the perseverance you have.

Perseverance Progress Data You Back

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