Celeste Ng Quotes

With the first novel, I was concerned I would be pigeon-holed as an Asian-American writer, and the book would be labeled for Asian-Americans only.

Celeste Ng

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BookFirstOnlyWouldWriterNovel

People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole.

Jennifer Connelly

RelationshipPeopleFeelFeeling

Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly.

John Lydon

FamilyBornRoyalMentalSomething

I recorded with Sinatra, but the recording business is a very strange strata right now.

Skitch Henderson

BusinessNowStrangeRightRecording

One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed.

Trevor Nunn

DayMoreComplexFineFine Day

I think kids are amazing. You kind of just deal with stuff, don't you? It's only years later that you have to spend thousands in therapy.

Ruth Negga

AmazingThinkYouKindTherapyKids

I don't think that the Internet creates feelings that aren't there, nor does it provide an outlet. On the contrary, what I have thought about things like computer games - what has disturbed me about them - is that they appear to stimulate feelings of aggression without providing any physical release.

Mary Gaitskill

MeThinkThoughtInternetFeelings

With my writing, I can still play inside an enchanted castle or live inside an old fort. I can run from ghosts or ride dolphins any day of the week.

Mary Pope Osborne

LiveDayRideWritingWeekPlay

If you go to the supermarket and buy a package of food and look at the photo on the front, the food never looks like that inside, does it? That is a fundamental lie we are sold every day.

Martin Parr

FoodDayLieYouEvery DayLook

I was very unhappy at one point and dealt with my unhappiness by hitting people.

Michaela Coel

InequalityStartsWomb

When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.

Michael LeBoeuf

TimeFocusIdeasThinkThoughtYou

We've been sitting at the compromise table for a long time. We're just waiting for that cold chair to be warmed up by the Republican leadership. They still have time to do the right thing and be responsible. They just seem to be moving further and further away from it.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

LeadershipTimeDo The Right Thing

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Confucius

BeautyEveryoneEverythingSees

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