Maya Lin Quotes

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

Maya Lin

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A geek is a guy who has everything going for him but he's just too young. He's got the software but he doesn't have the hardware yet.

John Hughes

YoungSoftwareHimEverythingGoing

My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.

Robert Griffin III

FamilyGoodGreatJobSchoolMe

My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I fell in with some kids whose parents worked there. We staged all-kid versions of 'Hamlet', 'Cymbeline', a few others. All the while, I was making short films; monster movies, slapstick comedies, claymation.

Matt Ross

ParentsTheatreShortActingMovies

Audiences aren't fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.

Stephen Frears

FoolsImportantTrueRiskHeroes

A lot of young people who I employ expect a raise after three months or expect not to have to put in more work than what's in their job description.

Sophia Amoruso

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Hillary Clinton is one of the most compelling figures in the world today... and Carl Bernstein's stunning portrait shows us, for the first time, the true trajectory of her life and career.

Sonny Mehta

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It was 1988, I believe, that I met Grit. We were both appearing in a Canadian Folk Festival and as we sat backstage he handed me his guitar. I played it, loved it, and then found out that he'd made it himself.

Tom Chapin

MeBelieveGuitarLovedGritOut

I would like to restore your right to drink raw milk anytime you like.

Ron Paul

YouMilkDrinkRightRestoreRaw

In 1986, I was asked by the then-Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia, Dr. R.C. Miller, Jr., to establish a new interdisciplinary institute, the Biotechnology Laboratory. I decided that it was time for me to start paying back for the thirty years of fun that I had been able to have in research.

Michael Smith

ScienceTimeFunMeResearchStart

Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery.

Mitch Daniels

GovernmentBehaviorFederal Government

I like to make the music that I really love. You're supposed to make your favorite music that no one else played, and I'd like to just keep it at that and not really change it at all.

Josh Homme

LoveChangeMusicYouKeepJust

Personally, what I would like the most is to work on a project that would aid the historic rehabilitation of Havana. It's a shame - and it gives me tremendous sadness - to see the precious buildings, to see a city, which could be the most beautiful in Latin America, falling apart and with very little money for renovations.

Jorge M. Perez

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