Maya Lin Quotes

If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

Maya Lin

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LightWalkDeathEyeFaceLook

I love getting to work with the stunt coordinator. It's like choreography, like a dance.

Jessica Stroup

WorkLoveDanceChoreographyStunt

I remember, for my fifth birthday, Chet Baker sat me on the upright piano, and he played just for me for a few minutes. I can still remember the pressure of the air on my chest. It was my first physical contact with sound.

Jean-Michel Jarre

BirthdayMePressureRememberI Can

Everything in my life boils down to my mother. A tradition, which a lot of people do not know of, is that while I'd give my father the money I earned, anything that was special to me - like an award or an album - would be given to my mother.

Sonu Nigam

LifeFatherMotherMoneyPeopleMe

Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.

Michel Houellebecq

RacismWillAlwaysPlagiarismBig

There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.

Judith Butler

IdentityGenderResultsSaidBehind

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.

Jean Baudrillard

YouAskSameAlwaysWhoForced

But I always wound up being the damn John, when I wanted to be the Paul.

Courtney Love

DamnAlwaysUpBeingWantedPaul

I hate the iPhone. I love the BlackBerry - BlackBerry wins in my opinion. The iPhone is a toy.

Brett Ratner

LoveHateOpinioniPhoneToyWins

Being on death row has taken so much from me as a human being.

Anthony Ray Hinton

DeathMeHumanHuman BeingBeing

Sometimes you never realise how much of an effect you're having on people until you're told, and the fan mail I receive has made me very aware of the positive effects I have on other people.

Philomena Kwao

PositivePeopleMeYouSometimes

AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very model of all the catastrophes privileged populations feel await them.

Susan Sontag

FeelAwarenessSeemsBecauseBeen

I saw a guy being really abusive to his girlfriend. She was asking people to help, but no one would. When he grabbed her, I tried to separate them, but he turned on me. I punched him and knocked him down. It wasn't a scandal; I was just doing what anybody should.

Timothy Hutton

PeopleMeDoingHelpDownShe

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