Ming-Na Wen Quotes

Both my parents are chefs... I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food.

Ming-Na Wen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: November 20, 1963

Topics

LoveFoodParentsRestaurantAlways

Pick up any newspaper in the morning. Count the words in the lead sentences. There will be at least 25 in all of them: Guaranteed. The writers just want to tell you how many degrees they have from this college or that university.

Jimmy Breslin

MorningWordsCollegeYouWantWill

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

John Denham

WisdomDelightBooksShouldUse

I don't have any children, so I've decided to claim all the future freedom-fighters and hell-raisers as my kin.

Molly Ivins

FutureChildrenClaimKinDecided

Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand.

Mitch Daniels

WorkPeopleBetterPoliticalWish

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

Louis C. K.

LifeMy LifeLyingHardYearsLast

You hope your buddies will win so you don't have to loan them any money.

Chris LeDoux

HopeMoneyWinYouLoanWill

The thing I really believe deep down is that everybody has a gift for something. Our job as adults is to make sure all children have the opportunity to find their gift.

Chris Martin

OpportunityChildrenJobBelieve

I was working for a chef a long time ago who told me to not skip steps or be in a hurry. Success in a kitchen is more like a marathon and less like a sprint. Rising up the ranks too quickly isn't necessarily a good thing. This advice was from a guy who was sorry he had done that and didn't want me to do the same.

Wylie Dufresne

SuccessGoodTimeMeChefSorry

When the nation can act freely, then China may be called strong. To make the nation free, we must each sacrifice his freedom.

Sun Yat-sen

FreedomSacrificeFreeStrongNation

College gives people learning and also takes away future opportunities by loading the next generation down with debt.

Peter Thiel

LearningFuturePeopleCollegeDown

Economics has become as riveting as politics.

Tina Brown

PoliticsEconomicsBecome

I think one reason people play golf is it allows them to obsess about something other than the daily crap. It takes your mind off that.

Lewis Black

DailyPeopleMindThinkGolfPlay

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