Celeste Ng Quotes

Comparing Asian writers mainly to other Asian writers implies that we're all telling the same story - a disappointingly reductive view.

Celeste Ng

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StoryViewSameAsianTellingOther

Had the United States not acted in Iraq, Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi would likely not have declared his weapons programs, submitted to international inspections and voluntarily dismantled its programs.

Jim Gerlach

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I think all of society should be a think-tank where you throw ideas about. I had hoped the Internet would help. Actually, what it has done is make everybody go schtum. They're attacked for saying anything. So they say nothing.

Jeremy Irons

IdeasSocietySayingThinkHelpYou

Robin had always wanted to go solo, so when it happened I wasn't angry at all. I understood the situation. But Barry is so full of pride and couldn't understand why Robin had done it.

Maurice Gibb

AngryPrideSituationGoDoneWhy

Don't drag candidates through weeks of endless interviews. Don't flake out on interviews. At DeveloperAuction, we often have offer letters prepared in advance, so we can hand them to great candidates as they are leaving the office.

Matt Mickiewicz

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Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

Johnny Bench

EasyBedHardOutSoftGet

I've never been one to book a ton of commercials.

Stephanie Courtney

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No one tells every white person in this country how to be. No one tells every Hispanic, or Asian or Jewish person in this country how to be. There is no single definition of whiteness or single definition of blackness.

Montel Williams

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All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.

Michael Learned

LoveThinkRealUsStillCloser

To me there's no creativity without boundaries. If you're gonna write a sonnet, it's 14 lines, so it's solving the problem within the container.

Lorne Michaels

CreativityMeProblemYouWrite

I'd watch Pixar movies for, like, six hours, back-to-back. I'd watch 'Finding Nemo' twice a week, back-to-back-to-back, three times in a row.

Jon Bellion

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I love Chris Brown. He's a superstar. He's one of the best singers out there.

DJ Khaled

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I'd rather have head stomps and kicks to the head on the ground rather than elbows because I think to kick someone in the head while they're laying on their back is very hard. Elbows are easy. You can be here, and I just cut you and won the fight.

Demetrious Johnson

FightThinkSomeoneEasyYouBack

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