Min Jin Lee Quotes

You really should respect other people's work because work is hard-won.

Min Jin Lee

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WorkRespectPeopleYouBecause

The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it.

Jill Lepore

HistoryRespectImaginationEmpathy

Life is absolutely horrific, leading up to absolute horror.

Meg Rosoff

LifeHorrorUpLeadingAbsolutely

I think the funny thing about acting for me - and I hold it in a very holy, spiritual way - not to be overly fundamentalist about it, but it's that important to me - is that it is an ancient healing art.

Melissa Leo

FunnyArtSpiritualHealingMeWay

I grew up in a refinery town in Texas, and we weren't fancy enough to have a McDonald's.

John Lee Hancock

TexasEnoughMcDonaldUpFancyTown

How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception.

Meryl Streep

PerceptionYouMeetFirstIndustry

I often think a lot of women's attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from eras of chivalry and courtly virtues.

Stephen Moyer

WomenThinkChivalryComeVirtues

In a world of deep injustice and violence, a people exists that thinks some can be given time to study. We need you to take seriously the calling that is yours by virtue of going to college.

Stanley Hauerwas

TimePeopleCollegeWorldDeepYou

I had never had a particularly warm feeling about Richard Nixon, and it didn't get any warmer after my service.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

ServiceWarmFeelingNeverGetAny

It was awesome because we were doing Ramones songs.

Mike Lowry

DoingAwesomeBecauseSongsRamones

When I first started acting, I never thought I'd be on TV or film. I always wanted to be on stage.

Michael Socha

ThoughtActingNeverFirstStageTV

I come from a Latin nation that had an open policy with the U.S. My parents moved right to Florida, opened a pharmacy, and had me.

Josh Segarra

ParentsMeRightFloridaOpenCome

Nothing seems to me so likely to make people unhappy in themselves and at variance with others as the habit of killing time.

Dorothea Dix

TimeHabitPeopleMeUnhappyOthers

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