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Michelle Yeoh Quotes

It's so important for me to do my own stunts. The sense of achievement is so immense. But the studios don't want to take the risk.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: malaysian
Birth: August 6, 1962

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Achievement Me Important Want My Own

The person that was closest to me growing up was my sister, who died at 19. She was an incredibly powerful girl, deeply committed to art and literature.

Girl Art Me Sister Growing Up She

The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight.

Hope Me Kind Will Insight First

I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there.

Girl Living Why Lucky Act Sit

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

Mistake Think Argument Ability See

You know what an effective deterrent to crime is? Jail! And do you know what kind of criminal penalty actually makes people think twice about committing crimes the next time? The kind that actually comes out of some individual's pocket, not fines that come out of the corporate kitty.

Time People Think You Know Kind

There is no good side to celebrity.

Good Celebrity Side

I'm not a perfect human being by any stretch of the imagination. But there is always this little voice inside of me that keeps me where I know I need to be.

Imagination Me Voice Perfect Know

To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song. I guess it was just because I was really into music as a child, and I wanted it to say more. It was the thing, wasn't it? And now it isn't.

Music Child Song Looking Start Look

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

Age Youth Living Only Needs Reasons

I mostly read online - tech/VC blogs. I also enjoy the 'NY Times', 'Atlantic', 'New Yorker'.

Enjoy New Read Online Atlantic Also

Just being from where I'm from, a little small town, I feel like I'm a good judge of character.

Good Character Small Feel Judge

I've always had problems with my brain, so a lot of the songs are about issues I have with paranoia or freak-outs. 'When My Head Explodes' is about being on stage, having people look at you and expecting you to perform, then literally your head explodes.

People Brain Problems You Look Head

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