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Celeste Ng Quotes

Somewhere in the Commandments of Reviewing must be written, 'Thou shalt not compare Asians to non-Asians.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: 1980

Topics

Somewhere Asians Must Compare Thou

I woke up and all I could see was Iraqis standing all around me, looking down upon me. I knew at that moment something terrible had happened and I wasn't in the right place.

Moment Me Looking Down Place See

My father was a country music singer and a motion picture actor, Tex Ritter, and I sort of had a normal upbringing, except dad would come down in full regalia with the boots and the guns and the hats, and the horse would eat with us. But other than that, it was pretty normal.

Father Music Picture Horse Boots

The crimes in my books are committed by people who can't keep it together any more. They do something to express their own pain, and that has a terrible effect on somebody else.

Together Pain People More Own Keep

It's become uncool to play other people's songs, and that's absurd. It has got to change. It's the reason why everything's so mediocre.

Steven Van Zandt

Change People Play Why Become Got

I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.

Art Loved Musicians Jazz Him Found

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.

Robin S. Sharma

Work Morning Great Job Door Ego

I watch 'The Notebook.' I love romantic movies. I love romantic comedies.

Love Romantic Movies Watch Notebook

My first album was mainly dealing with street issues, and it was 'coded': it was called 'Reasonable Doubt.' So the things I was talking about... I was talking about in slang, and it was something that people in the music business was not really privy to. They didn't understand totally what I was saying or what I was talking about.

Business Music People Saying Talking

I wanted to have a home where I could go home and unlock my door and go in and be settled. I was tired of being a gypsy.

Christine McVie

Home Tired Door Go Unlock Where

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.

Play Rock Things May Contemporary

I'm just focused on me.

Me Focused Just

Every book is like starting over again. I've written books every way possible - from using tight outlines to writing from the seat of my pants. Both ways work.

Work Writing Book Way Possible Over

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