Shaun Tan Quotes

I became more interested in the idea of being an immigrant and particularly of being in a country you're not familiar with. And so I began reading migrants' stories. The fact that my father is Chinese - he emigrated from Malaysia when he was about 20 - may have had some bearing on my attraction to the subject.

Shaun Tan

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I'm a sucker for French fries - I love that they're salty!

Megan Hilty

LoveFrench FriesSaltySuckerFries

We were just covered in dirt the whole time. It was so hot - and that was in winter. I can not imagine what it's like in summer and how the people who actually live out there survive.

Toni Collette

WinterLiveTimePeopleSurviveHot

We think that we have great potential but never reach it.

Josh Silver

GreatThinkPotentialReachNever

Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners.

Dennis Ross

YouSecurityEnemyImportantCommon

I don't, for the record, have a Tweety Bird fetish.

Brian Lamb

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The connections in the brain fade away unless used. We know that early stimulation of children leads to higher cognitive scores.

Brian Sutton-Smith

ChildrenBrainConnectionsEarly

I think Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen have a lot of chemistry between them.

April Bowlby

ThinkChemistryBetweenI ThinkThem

I'm not altogether sure what I'm going to do for that. I think it will be a lot more low key than the other two I've done. Dare I say it, a bit more relaxing.

Peter Banks

ThinkKeyDareDoneSayWill

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

Scott Hamilton

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One of my short films was about a boxer.

Lexi Alexander

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My two sisters and I had a very nice nanny at home in Morocco until I was 13. I remember my parents saying how she had insinuated herself into our family. They knew she would suffer when we broke away from her.

Leila Slimani

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I listened to a lot of King Crimson back in the day.

Kurt Elling

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