Ming-Na Wen Quotes

Mom takes all the credit for my success. Now Mom says, 'I read your face when you were a baby, and it said you were going to be a star. That's why I named you Ming - because it's all about the sun and the stars and enlightenment.'

Ming-Na Wen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Always felt like I did things right, always felt like I did things for the community and did everything well in New Orleans.

Jimmy Graham

CommunityNewRightEverythingWell

I can write anywhere.

Jim Harrison

I CanWriteAnywhere

For both reasons, owing to the thermal motion and to the working together of various wavelengths, factors arise which, in a similar manner to the structural factor, exert some influence upon the brightness of the interference points but not upon their location.

Max von Laue

Working TogetherTogetherInfluence

George Blagden is a great actor.

Travis Fimmel

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Most of America doesn't pay dishwashers $10.

Tom Douglas

AmericaPayMost

There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot. Or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's spectacular.' Or that spectacular shot, a big crane move, or something.

Roger Deakins

AttentionYouGoNothingBigMove

I tried to emulate my favourite guitar players, the old bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. I used to sit by the record player and copy Chuck Berry and the Beatles. You can never copy someone completely, so you end up developing your own style.

Ronnie Wood

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When I try to go with what's happening and embrace that as much as I can, it seems to be a much smoother journey for me.

Michael Stuhlbarg

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What people don't always understand is that I established a certain lifestyle for my family back in the days of 'Species' and 'Mulholland Falls' and 'The Getaway.' I wasn't about to move my six kids into a trailer park. So when people offered me work, it wasn't always the best, but I had to buy groceries, and I had to put gas in the car.

Michael Madsen

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I grew up watching sci-fi and Justice League and all those kinds of things.

Ciara Renee

JusticeWatchingUpThingsKinds

I was in my late 20s, in the process of shaping my musical outlook and what I wanted it to be about, when I first encountered Woody Guthrie.

Bruce Springsteen

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What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.

Richard Gere

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