Ken Liu Quotes

I write speculative fiction, and in my view, speculative fiction is really just a very intense version of the work of literature in general.

Ken Liu

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Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

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I remember when I was a dancer and I had to do this performance and I was really nervous about it, and I happened at that moment to go see 'Flashdance.' I mean, it's silly, but I walked out of that movie going 'what a feeling!' I walked out with confidence.

Melissa Rosenberg

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Most writers are vulnerable and insecure, and Kay Graham was more so than most.

Robert Gottlieb

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As a kid, I trained to be an Olympic gymnast. My schedule was rigorous. Four hours a day, Monday through Saturday, I was at the gym. My body was like a boy's, narrow hips, flat-chested, wide shoulders. When I was 12, I badly injured my ankle and was forced to stop training immediately.

Amanda de Cadenet

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I'm playing second fiddle to Justin Bieber - Bieber Fever is sweeping our house, and my girls have made it clear I'm no longer their favourite man.

Steven Gerrard

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I've watched the Emmys for almost my whole life, so it was crazy to finally be there in the audience clapping and actually going on stage. Hopefully one day I'll get to be actually nominated.

Millie Bobby Brown

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I didn't want my records to sound like anybody else, and when I've got my guys in the studio, I have a language with those guys because we work together every day. A lot of times, you bring in outside guys, studio players, whatever, and they're great musicians. It's just that they don't necessarily play the way I want it to be played.

Jason Aldean

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If someone is being bullied or feels like an outsider, and they relate to something that I've done, even if it's just igniting a spark, that's great. I had that feeling as a kid. I was messed with no end.

Johnny Depp

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When I did 'Opportunity Knocks' at 14, it was singing in other people's voices. So I'm more comfortable doing that.

Debra Stephenson

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I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies is 'All the President's Men.' Woodward and Bernstein, those guys were my heroes. I have a degree in journalism.

Chris Carter

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I am many things, but one of the things I am is a lesbian.

Clare Balding

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Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

Shane Koyczan

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