Jenny Han Quotes

I don't think kids of color should have to search far and wide to find books that reflect their experience.

Jenny Han

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If I wasn't modeling, I'd be studying economics or international politics.

Andreja Pejic

PoliticsEconomicsModelingStudying

Almost any game with any ball is a good game.

Robert Staughton Lynd

GoodGameBallAlmostAny

My son tried to work in films and he ultimately gave it up, he finally couldn't make a living, he couldn't support himself. He worked all the time and he didn't make enough money to have a house, have an apartment.

Jeffrey Jones

WorkSonTimeMoneySupportEnough

I can't pull off blond, but I got some blond tips. Which is as close as I'll ever come to being in a '90s boy band.

Ron Livingston

BoyBandBeingOffComePull

The great thing about making picture books is that you can make absolutely anything you want happen. It's a bit like making a film, but you don't need lots of money for actors and costumes - you just need pens, paper, and your imagination.

Mini Grey

GreatMoneyImaginationPictureYou

I was a 'Laurel and Hardy' nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a great thrill for me. He left me his bow tie and derby and told me that if they ever made a movie about him, he'd want me to play him.

Dick Van Dyke

LifeGreatMeEndPlayKnow

In a way, I'm like Will Rogers, never having met a man I really disliked. I'm not a vamp. I just like men.

Dorothy Stratten

MenManWillWayNeverJust

Movies are terrifically optimistic enterprises.

Christopher Walken

MoviesOptimisticEnterprises

An all-out trade war with China would be damaging to Disney's business and to business in general. It's something I think we have to be very careful about.

Bob Iger

BusinessWarThinkChinaSomething

Exploration is an oft-lauded human activity, and one that resonates in the same way that music and good stories do. It's hard-wired into our species (and into many others), no doubt because it has survival value. Exploration occasionally rewards those who accept its risks, usually with new resources.

Seth Shostak

GoodMusicValueRisksSurvivalNew

I don't have any connection to Portuguese, but I listened to a lot of music in other languages because I was really into house music; there are all sorts of languages that are featured in house.

Tucker Halpern

MusicConnectionHouseBecauseOther

As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure people know it's out there, they can make up their own minds whether they want to read it.

Tibor Fischer

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