Celeste Ng Quotes

My parents used books as bribes: if I got straight A's on my report card, they would buy me one book. This was completely unnecessary, as I always got A's, and they bought me books all the time anyway, and we all knew it.

Celeste Ng

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I support giving President Obama the ability to negotiate and complete new trade agreements with some of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

John Delaney

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There are two sides to being pigeonholed. There's, 'Oh, no, I'm going to be Chandler for the rest of my life,' but there's also the fact that getting to play Chandler opened up doors to me. It's now my job to find things that shake it up a little bit.

Matthew Perry

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We gravitated to the idea of social entrepreneurs when it was a fairly nascent thing. We began to build the organization, focused on investing in and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Not long after that, we realized there was another opportunity to help bring them together and tell their stories.

Jeffrey Skoll

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Without private thoughts and actions, we can never truly be free.

John Twelve Hawks

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Pakistan is an old ally of the United States.

Stephen Hadley

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Any band will say that they'd be nothing without the fans.

Su-chin Pak

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I never bought a stock in my life. I don't understand it. To me it is like Chinese.

Lorraine Bracco

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Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

Joyce Meyer

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The Golden Rule will always be good advice!

Jay Asher

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Comics? Honestly, that's more a matter of nostalgia for me. I think most of that energy has gone to my love of literature and my love of film.

Jonathan Lethem

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Climbing Mount Everest was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life. I wish I'd never gone. I suffered for years of PTSD and still suffer from what happened. I'm glad I wrote a book about it. But, you know, if I could go back and relive my life, I would never have climbed Everest.

Jon Krakauer

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After I had done the first 'Pirates' movie and 'Secret Window,' I went on vacation to escape with my kiddies and my girl, and someone said that there was an island down the road for sale. I said, 'Oh well, let's go see it.' I looked at it, I walked on it, and I was done. It had to be.

Johnny Depp

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