Gene Luen Yang Quotes

I majored in Computer Science at U.C. Berkeley and worked as a software developer for a couple of years. Then I taught high school computer science for over a decade and a half in Oakland, California.

Gene Luen Yang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ScienceSchoolHigh SchoolCalifornia

I dread my trial at the pearly gates - knowing my luck, I'll be hot on the heels of a blameless nun who will be ushered straight to a luscious cloud with prime sea views.

Robert Rinder

SeaLuckCloudWillKnowingHot

I don't like knowing about other people's feelings. There is nothing more embarrassing. Just as when you play cards and you see your opponent's hand. You are sure to lose.

Jean Giraudoux

PeopleYouLoseFeelingsCardsPlay

To me, flowers are happiness.

Stefano Gabbana

HappinessFlowersMe

Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.

Sonia Rykiel

StepMeFashionImportantAhead

I tune it all out because if I let other people's stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.

Simone Biles

MyselfStressPeopleMeMoreNeed

Detroit's financial challenges - the decline of the American auto industry, the impact of the global economic recession, declining population, and an erosion of the municipal tax base - are key to understanding what led this great city to an inability to provide basic city services or to carry out the normal functions of a municipality.

Ron Dellums

GreatCityChallengesKeyImpact

When I was somewhere between child and adult, my father left us. My first family broke apart, but this liberated me to create a new family as I pleased.

Rumaan Alam

FamilyFatherChildMeCreateNew

I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.

Michael Schenker

MyselfI AmDoingCreateNeedNext

It's definitely a dream come true to be recognized and to be able to sign autographs. But, it's also a lot of hard work and can be draining. If you don't know already, you will quickly learn who your real friends are.

Christina Aguilera

WorkHard WorkLearnFriendsYou

The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor.

Bobby Farrelly

TogetherThinkMeetActorWillGet

I just always wanted to be a singer. My mom said I was even singing in my cot!

Pixie Lott

MomSingingSaidAlwaysSingerJust

I wished to have the time to put together a world view, but there was never enough time, and also, those who had it seemed to have had it from a very young age; they didn't begin at forty.

Sheila Heti

AgeTimeTogetherWorldViewEnough

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