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Kevin Kwan Quotes

Certainly, living in the U.S., as I have for over two decades, you see how Asians are portrayed in the media... I didn't see myself represented, you know, when I used to look at ads on TV.

Kevin Kwan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: singaporean

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Myself Media You Look Know Living

My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.

Joanna Lumley

Mother Respect Cats Fish Early Mean

Some grocery stores began using electronic scanners as early as 1976, and the devices have been in general use in American supermarkets for a decade.

Andrew Rosenthal

American Early Decade Been Devices

I'm hosting a quiz show, but I never considered myself a game show host.

Maury Povich

Myself Game Never Show Host Hosting

Anyone can see that, say, superheroes and vampires perform well at the box office. That in turn can trigger competitive bidding situations and soaring fees for people who can bring these properties to the screen. The result can be a dramatic increase in the costs of production.

Anita Elberse

People Result Say Office See Turn

I am a huge believer - I always have been - in the power of comedy. That comedy will break hatred and will bring understanding.

Jeffrey Tambor

Power I Am Comedy Understanding Will

Sometimes breaking the rules is extending the rules.

Mary Oliver

Rules Sometimes Breaking Extending

I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.

Michael Sheen

Tradition Movies Vampire Big Big Fan

I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices.

Minka Kelly

Love Experience Choices My Own Real

I grew up watching 'Gigi.' My grandmother had it, and I watched it there.

Julia Holter

Grandmother Watching Up Watched Had

I was on a few surveillance jobs as part of a big team. I would be the person to follow the subject on foot when the need arose. But most of the time, we were sitting in a car doing nothing.

Lisa Lutz

Car Time Team Doing Person Sitting

I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called 'Film Culture.'

Jonas Mekas

Culture Job New York New Editing

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.

Doris Lessing

Never Laws Been Novel Ever Nor