Celeste Ng Quotes

Every single day, authors read at bookstores and libraries - and coffeeshops and bars - all over the country. And these readings are amazing: you get to hear the book in the author's own voice, ask questions, and meet the writer. For free.

Celeste Ng

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DayAmazingBookFreeVoiceYou

The shouting and opinion and jokes don't exist if there isn't first a story.

Jim Lehrer

OpinionStoryFirstJokesShouting

I was always meant to be a mom. As soon as I had my kids, it just felt so natural.

Jessie James Decker

MomMeant To BeAlwaysNaturalKids

Everything I see, I now see through a mother's eyes.

Jennifer Hudson

MotherEyesNowEverythingSee

Like, people recognizing me on the street never interested me.

Meg White

PeopleMeStreetNeverInterested

You can't replace luck and timing. With Workday, our timing was perfect. We started in 2005 right as cloud computing was beginning to take off.

Aneel Bhusri

BeginningLuckCloudYouPerfect

Once my paintings are complete, the model no longer lives in the painting as themselves. I see something bigger, more symbolic - an archetype.

Amy Sherald

PaintingMoreSeeI SeeBiggerOnce

I want to create a collection, almost like a trilogy of sorts. Whereas 'Milk and Honey' was very much like holding a mirror up to yourself, the second book is turning that mirror around and fixing it on the world. The book is a reflection of the times we are in.

Rupi Kaur

MirrorReflectionYourselfWorldUp

We can be just as safe with a smaller, more efficient nuclear arsenal at less cost.

Mike Quigley

MoreSafeCostJustSmallerLess

You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, 'OK, he's not bad, let's hire him.'

Javier Bardem

FutureJobPeopleYouBadWant

I am not denying anything I did not say.

Brian Mulroney

I AmSayAnythingDidAmDenying

'American Idol' was just really a platform. What you do after that is what separates you from the show. And I've been working really hard, touring constantly, and building those fans. You've got to work hard.

Phillip Phillips

WorkWork HardBuildingAmericanYou

I was 18 years old when I booked 'Youth in Revolt,' and it was my first movie, and I was starring in that movie - and even then, I didn't feel like I had made it.

Portia Doubleday

YouthFeelOldFirstYearsMade

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