Ken Liu Quotes

I get to use fiction as a way to work out my thinking and to delight readers in the process. I can't think of any deal that's better for me, and I'm always so grateful that readers have indulged me as I argue with myself in my stories.

Ken Liu

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WorkMyselfGratefulMeBetterWay

I do not recall ever seeing Spirit perform live.

Jimmy Page

LiveSeeingSpiritRecallEver

I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.

Jennifer Garner

MotherI AmCuriousPeopleDream

When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.

Steve Jobs

BusinessPeopleThinkYouLookDumb

Every time I'd do a play, my grades would get better because I was doing something that fed my soul. It took me a couple of years to recognize that the hobby was actually the calling.

Sterling K. Brown

TimeSoulMeBetterDoingHobby

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

Sophocles

GoodPlantReasonMankindGifts

Human memory is short and terribly fickle.

Janine di Giovanni

MemoryShortHumanFickleTerribly

There's this issue where I'm really doing well and got hate 'cause I'm too light-skinned. I understand why people say that - throughout history, the lighter you are, that's how it's been. But it's not my fault. My mom and dad had me! I look how I look.

Jorja Smith

HistoryHatePeopleMeMomDoing

I cycle, I take an hour's strenuous walk in the evening, I play tennis twice a week with a trainer, and I sail. I used to ride horses professionally - I'd ride seven or eight horses a day, so I had to be fit for that.

Jonathan Dimbleby

WalkDayRideSailEveningWeek

It's unfortunate when kids get hurt, but I wish parents would monitor what their kids are doing and watching. It's common sense, really.

Johnny Knoxville

ParentsHurtWishCommon SenseDoing

I didn't do what they said I did. I may have done enough so that I don't know if I can prove my innocence.

Dick Morris

EnoughInnocenceI CanKnowDone

Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same. All else is trivia.

Dee Hock

YourselfPeopleFreeSameLeadYour

All these bacteria that coat our skin and live in our intestines, they fend off bad bacteria. They protect us. And you can't even digest your food without the bacteria that are in your gut. They have enzymes and proteins that allow you to metabolize foods you eat.

Bonnie Bassler

LiveFoodYouBadSkinProtect

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