Jenny Zhang Quotes

I think being a writer is being heavily attuned to the absolute absurdity of things you take for granted, and I think that having actual parents who lived through the Cultural Revolution who are also interested in literature, they're also very attuned to those moments.

Jenny Zhang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.

Andrew Niccol

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I think it's really hard to move between genres, and I think, especially in Britain, we're very judgmental about it - me included. I know that when an actor comes out with some poetry or an album, I think, 'Oh crikey, what's this going to be like?'

Andrea Riseborough

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People are so passionate... Now that I have discovered Twitter, it's become so fun that people are really into this 'Clexa' thing, and there's such a great response to their relationship.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

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Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.'

Stephen Carter

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With my business, the way you make big money is you find a great management team and a good concept, and you stick to it, and you add to it over time. In philanthropy, there was more this idea that once an idea was formulated, you moved along.

Stanley Druckenmiller

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Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.

Tom Watson

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Even if it flops, when you're sitting at the drawing table, you dream about seeing your work on the big screen, no matter what.

Rob Liefeld

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I grew up very fast as a young girl, but I grew slowly into my womanhood.

Robin Wright

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In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot, with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed senses than all the predators that threatened them. Moreover, they were hampered in their movements by the need to protect their uniquely immature young - juicy meals for any hungry beast.

Robert Winston

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I always thought records were there to be broken.

Michael Schumacher

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I think that having a platform and having a voice to be seen by people beyond the classical ballet world has really been my power, I feel.

Misty Copeland

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The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis and I did six songs together on this one.

Diana Krall

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