Jenny Zhang Quotes

As I got older, I realised that people saw me as other things - sometimes Korean, sometimes Japanese, sometimes just Asian. When my family moved to a more affluent white neighbourhood, I started to see myself as 'other', this amorphous category. I didn't even know what 'not other' was, but I knew I wasn't it; I wasn't what was normal.

Jenny Zhang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: June 22, 1987

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You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked.

Jess Weixler

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That's like - my thing is I'm always like, 'Oh, white men are ruining everything,' and Max's dad is like... don't say that in front of your son.

Jennifer Konner

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One of Obama's first major acts as president was to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and some of the money in that bill went to Saft.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Heroes aren't perfect.

Melanie Scrofano

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I cannot judge a country. I fall in love with the people and the place each time I visit a new place.

Mawra Hocane

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I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.

Robert Dallek

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Of course, neither David or myself ever saw a penny from them; it was the early days of merchandising.

Robert Vaughn

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I'm a bit of a technophobe.

Rupert Friend

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My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum.

Mary MacLane

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Why do people refuse to vaccinate their children against measles or whooping cough? In many cases, because they have never seen measles and have no idea what it might do.

Michael Specter

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People vary. You change your style, your hair, and the way you dress. Talking differently will be a part of that.

Deborah Tannen

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As Congress battles over spending and cost cutting, it is imperative that funding for math education programs does not fall victim.

Priyamvada Natarajan

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