Gene Luen Yang Quotes

My experiences growing up in both a Chinese American household and the Catholic Church define much of who I am.

Gene Luen Yang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: August 9, 1973

Topics

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People are really interested in economic security.

Jim Gray

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Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

Jeanette Winterson

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My goal is to write catchy songs that make people feel something.

Sigrid

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When you're thrust into litigation, you obviously have to make sure you're prepared to deal with that.

Roger Goodell

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I did almost every job in the bank. It was real life, waking up in the morning, putting on a suit and tie and then having to go to work.

Romain Grosjean

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I want to put any number of assorted 'ists' - such as relativists, deconstructionists, destructivists, postmodernists, the more maudlin kind of pacifists and feminists - firmly in their place.

Martin Van Creveld

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So I think it was a good thing It was a little surreal watching Leo scream 'I'm not going to die today!' with our music playing - that was the last thing on my mind when I wrote the song.

Jon Crosby

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My grandparents, like many genocide survivors, took most of their stories to their graves.

Chris Bohjalian

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I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

Constance Baker Motley

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There are times when you have to fight for something you believe in, that you love.

Peter Riegert

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A book is not a short-term project. It's essentially your baby, so it takes a lot of work.

Luvvie Ajayi

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With 'Black Sea,' I long had an idea that I wanted to do a film about people stuck on the bottom of the ocean. I thought that was a terrifying scenario.

Kevin Macdonald

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