Ken Liu Quotes

There's this long history of colonialism and the colonial gaze when applied to matters related to China. So a lot of conceptions about China in literary representations in the West are things you can't even fight against because they've been there so long that they've become part of the Western imagination of China.

Ken Liu

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I try as much as possible to give you a great basic product and what comes out, I feel, is really amazing.

Jil Sander

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I've always been tough my whole life. I'm able to take a lot of punishment, and that might be an even greater asset than my offense. I'm the guy that can take your best shot, and I'm not going to go down.

Rob Van Dam

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I think there's a tendency with actor/directors to imagine themselves playing every part and trying to get people to follow their rhythm, their tempo, their pace. I've learned now to just love being at the center of this creative swirl.

Ron Howard

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Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.

Lord Byron

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Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Colin Powell

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The crux of our power isn't only in our voice. It is in our economic function in society.

Boots Riley

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You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.

Bruce Springsteen

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A lot of superheroes today are a little self-righteous, and what's cool about 'Deadpool' is that he seems like a guy that you could meet at the 7-Eleven down the street.

Brianna Hildebrand

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It's the governments that create the problems. People are fun; people get along. People in Iran really love Americans. There is no problem between us.

Asghar Farhadi

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Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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I know something about life and being a father and the worries and the fears of bringing up children.

Pierce Brosnan

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I don't have a religion, but I respect them.

Paul Watson

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