Constance Wu Quotes

You're never going to please everyone, and if you do, there's something wrong.

Constance Wu

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YouPlease EveryoneWrongNever

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

John C. Hawkes

GoodWritingFictionStartedKnew

I feel a buzzing at the base of my neck. It's like I'm on eternal 'vibrate' in case of an emergency.

John Edward

FeelEmergencyNeckLikeI Feel

Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.

Alphonse de Lamartine

WorldPersonSometimesMissingWhole

I still direct my own videos.

Tory Lanez

My OwnOwnVideosStillDirect

We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.

Robert Caro

PowerBelievePower CorruptsTrue

People have used my views for purposes which are very different from mine.

Ronald Coase

PeopleUsedDifferentMineViews

Personally, what I would like the most is to work on a project that would aid the historic rehabilitation of Havana. It's a shame - and it gives me tremendous sadness - to see the precious buildings, to see a city, which could be the most beautiful in Latin America, falling apart and with very little money for renovations.

Jorge M. Perez

WorkBeautifulMoneyCityMeShame

My father was an insurance man and a small-time gambler. He was a good man, but he had an eye for the racehorses, and I saw how it used to bother my mother. I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all those years in Vegas.

Don Rickles

GoodFatherMotherManGood ManEye

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.

Clint Eastwood

BelieveYouTroubleConservativeHe

I have my own dance and production companies, and acting is my creative outlet. It's what I'm passionate about. I've actually created a lifestyle where I could act for free. I could get a job to pay the bills and act on the weekends to make me smile.

Brian J. White

SmileDanceJobCreativeMeFree

My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value.

Anthony Minghella

LifeWomenValueMeStrongMy Life

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.

Phillips Brooks

LifeGodManGreatnessTrueRace

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