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Maxine Hong Kingston Quotes

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.

Maxine Hong Kingston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Work Hard Work Sweat More Hard Gods

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't even name half the new groups.

Name New Now Everyone Out Used

Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.

Imagination Someone You Want Sure

I'm not ashamed of being successful. You know, they criticized Romney for being ashamed of it. I think we've got to inspire our kids that we shouldn't be ashamed to be successful.

John Catsimatidis

Inspire Think You Know Successful

If you're going to quit your job to focus on an idea, you get overly attached to that idea because you had it, and it's the reason you quit your job. Plus, most ideas are bad.

Focus Job Ideas You Bad Quit

A lot of the players are very complimentary about each other; they embrace at the end of matches because the level of the tennis has been so good. I think that's something that tennis has got to be proud of.

Good Proud Think End Embrace Tennis

I like lots of Korean music that most people have probably never heard of. I also enjoy hip hop.

Music People Enjoy Never Hip Hop

We try to say it's creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the cost factor in crossing the boundaries that you do.

Skitch Henderson

Business Today Creative You Say Try

I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the first time and the doors closed between me and my Mom, and I was so scared. I could see her through the window and I didn't know what to do. I got off at the next stop and she caught up to me, but I couldn't stop crying.

Love Time New York Me Mom Window

Having my son made me grow up. I'm keeping my dangers in the movies.

Son Me Grow Movies Grow Up Up

Some of us only meet in the most fleeting moments; some of us never meet, but still hear about one another and therefore cherish what we know from what we've heard, and mourn the loss, even though we're spared what the close-loved ones must endure - the ongoing pain of an empty place in the heart for the rest of life.

Life Heart Pain Rest Loss Moments

I don't think I'm an artist or that I'm doing anything superintellectual. What's important to me is to get a visceral reaction from people, for them to want that coat because they think it's beautiful.

Joseph Altuzarra

Beautiful People Me Think Doing

My life came down to being a granny and watching a lot of television.

Life My Life Television Down Being

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