Anchee Min Quotes

I understood that without English I would never get far, so my dream was to become a receptionist, and so I started to learn English from watching 'Sesame Street.'

Anchee Min

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: January 14, 1957

Topics

LearnDreamStreetBecomeNeverGet

You have to know me first to think I'm pretty.

Jennifer Grey

MeThinkYouKnowFirstPretty

I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel.

Jennifer Saunders

PoliceThoughtRememberYouLook

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

John Ciardi

OpinionDeserveHimHonestGiveHe

Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.

John Millington Synge

SisterLordLiverHerGiveGuts

I really miss Melbourne food; Melbourne is very snobbish about their caffe culture, and I feel like I've become a snob, too.

Angourie Rice

FoodCultureFeelBecomeMelbourne

We need to invest in people's lives so that they can do the jobs of the 21st century.

Ann McLane Kuster

PeopleNeed21st CenturyInvestJobs

I'm starting to realise that there are certain themes that I return to, those being that there is no such thing as normal, and people finding their voice and living authentically. And also that you can be influenced and helped through an extended family.

Toni Collette

FamilyPeopleVoiceFindingYou

If you're thinking clearly and are content about where your life is - to where you can just think about the present, think about the now - that's what you need to do to hit good golf shots. I know there are a lot of distractions, but when you're thinking clearly, you're more free. You've got to have that freedom on the golf course.

Lucas Black

LifeGoodFreedomThinkThinking

As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately why what happened to Dreyfus was not merely a cause celebre from the end of the 19th century, but an event that could be shown to teach us lessons of the greatest importance for our own time.

Louis Begley

TimeI AmEndEnoughYouKnow

I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get massages, win prizes, talk about parenting and even cry a bit.

Lisa Whelchel

ParentingWinLaughAmericaWeekend

I definitely felt awkward and I didn't fit in. Other than that, I'm learning that everyone felt that way: even the popular girls.

Judy Greer

LearningWayEveryoneAwkwardEven

I grew up in a very musical family, but music was not encouraged as a career. It was a hobby.

Colm Wilkinson

FamilyMusicHobbyCareerUpVery

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