Shaun Tan Quotes

When I was growing up, a lot of books affected me, but I never wrote letters to the author or anything like that. I'm always mindful that there are probably a whole bunch of people reading my books like that, too.

Shaun Tan

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Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.

Joachim du Bellay

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Steve Jobs would have wanted his words to change not just technology but politics itself.

John McAfee

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Dustin Hoffman was the greatest. He had so much information to give and he mesmerized me. He really feels for actors who are just starting out and remembers his early days like they were yesterday.

Amy Weber

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When compassion wakes up in us, we find ourselves more willing to become vulnerable, to take the risk of entering the pain of others.

Sue Monk Kidd

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When I think that I'm the only actor from South Korea to have worked with John Woo, it's really humbling.

Song Hye-kyo

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The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit.

Mike Johanns

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Donald Trump's leadership, decision-making and problem solving will restore America's role as the undeniable and unquestioned world leader.

Michael T. Flynn

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One must work; one must work. I have done what I could.

Louis Pasteur

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The whole idea with acting is that you take some risks. And if you take some risks, you're really going to mess up sometimes. But it's not OK to mess up a movie; it's not OK to do that just so you can improve as an actor. But film-making takes a little bit of risk in every department.

Domhnall Gleeson

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I think it's really important that we have a level playing field for global trade.

Dennis Muilenburg

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I went to big, broken, under-resourced public schools, but we had a real sense of community, because those were days in the '50s and the '60s when every child was under the jurisdiction of every single adult on the block.

Deval Patrick

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I feel upsettingly de-natured. If Penelope Cruz were one of my nurses, I wouldn't even notice.

Christopher Hitchens

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