"I'm the Duke of Riverside. I build things……" — Ellen Kushner
"I'm the Duke of Riverside. I build things here and pretty much keep the peace, and discourage certain behaviors. If you think all that has been achieved through entirely civil and lawful means, you've had your head in a bucket."
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12 Quotes by Ellen Kushner
Ellen Kushner has 12 quotes on this site.
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Is this politics? I suppose I am going to have to learn all about it, if I am to run…
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In a city where most of the wealth is controlled by a small few, certain things are overlooked, particularly when…
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Dream big. Find what makes you happy, and pursue it as you would food and warmth. You deserve it. And…
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Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin together again for the first time.
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A masterwork. A particularly American magic realism that touches the heart of race and childhood in our country; it's 100…
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Current cant equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and…
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Utterly ingenious! Tiffany Trent has more fine invention at her fingertips than a roomful of magical Leonardos!
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Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion.
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He said, 'They're only whores,' as though their very availability rendered them worthless.
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Let the fairy tale begin on a winter's morning, then, with one drop of blood newly-fallen on the ivory snow:…
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Across the troubled maelstrom of time, people always need a beer.
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As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who…
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If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will…
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Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.
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Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is…
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved…
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
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Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.
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My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it,…
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If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.
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