Donnie Yen Quotes

For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.

Donnie Yen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: July 27, 1963

Topics

ManMentorCountryLivingAsian

The way we're really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal government put money in the kind of research that will create the new high-technology, biotechnology industries that will create the millions of new jobs.

Joe Lieberman

InnovationMoneyGovernmentPeople

Early in my career, I wanted to be a mathematician.

Jerry Buss

EarlyCareerWantedMathematician

Cinema is a visual language, and you're always looking for visual metaphors for things. You know, if I was writing a play about Howard Hughes, I could have him give a monologue about how he's terrified to touch a doorknob. But on screen, you know, working with Marty Scorsese in 'The Aviator,' that became the series of images that told a story.

John Logan

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The men and women of our armed forces played an instrumental role in the election process - securing polling sites and providing security - that allowed so many Iraqis the opportunity to vote freely for the first time ever.

John M. McHugh

WomenOpportunityTimeMenProcess

It's so reassuring to have a woman heroine who triumphs with more than just what she has on the outside... who has more to offer the world than just a pretty picture.

America Ferrera

WomanWorldPictureSheOutsideWho

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.

Stephen Jay Gould

HistoryPeopleBrilliantEvidence

In 2012, I thought that maybe I could be an Olympic gold medalist. It just came from sitting home and being injured and watching the Olympics on the TV.

Tori Bowie

HomeGoldThoughtSittingWatching

I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure.

Roger Moore

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Anonymous is like an amoeba: it's got too many different operations run by truly different people which might not share a single person with another operation, but they use the same branding - they are part of the Anonymous brand, just like al-Qaida.

Mikko Hypponen

PeopleBrandPersonRunSameSingle

I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own.

Michael Palin

LifeArtMeThinkLearnMoments

I try to be the best and give the maximum so that people can say I'm among the top players.

Antoine Griezmann

BestPeopleSayTryTopGive

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Winston Churchill

StrengthManStrongKnowSaySilent

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