Maxine Hong Kingston Quotes

To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways.

Maxine Hong Kingston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 27, 1940

Topics

PositiveChangeSuccessI AmIdeas

I really had to develop a core. I had to figure out, at my core as a writer, what did I value? What was I about? And I had to love it and take pleasure in it.

Jenny Zhang

LoveValuePleasureOutTakeCore

Barack Obama's convention speech in 2004 had made him a political star, and he arrived in Iowa to crowds unseen in caucus history.

John Dickerson

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Growing up, I was quite self-conscious about getting too tall, but then I realized, 'You know what? I can use it to my advantage. Big is beautiful.'

Andreja Pejic

BeautifulGrowing UpYouI CanKnow

If you take my equipment away from me, I might as well retire.

John O'Keefe

MeYouRetireTakeAwayWell

I say you play a part, you don't work one.

John Hurt

WorkYouPlaySayPart

It would be just as pointless to oppose the international use of English today as it would have been to oppose the worldwide use of French in the 18th century.

Maurice Allais

TodayPointlessEnglishBeenJust

It always depends on who you work with. It is not about the budget, not about the countries but about people.

Ana de Armas

WorkPeopleBudgetYouAlwaysWho

I approach spring training the same way every year.

Steve Clevenger

TrainingSpringYearWaySameEvery

I felt God's love, and that was a great gift.

Steven Ford

LoveGodGreatGiftFeltGreat Gift

I'm blown away by the graphical detail of today's games. I can't imagine that it's going to get any better, but it's just going to continually progress and soon we'll be living in that world.

Christian Slater

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The richness of America is that we are diverse. We're not Sweden. We're not Norway. We are a great American experiment. And as soon as we start trying to forget race or turn our back on race, number one, we don't confront the real racial realities that still persist.

Cory Booker

GreatStartAmericanAmericaTrying

There are a lot of companies - not just Sony and Kodak - that have spent a lot of money trying to make the quality of the digital images comparable with film. But when you're sending these things over the Internet, they don't have to be high quality.

Clayton M. Christensen

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