Gene Luen Yang Quotes

It's a big deal to reveal your friend's deepest truth, your friend's deepest secret. And for all of us, when we do these big things, there's a complexity of motivation that comes behind that decision.

Gene Luen Yang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FriendTruthDecisionMotivationBig

It's important to say that depression has biological underpinnings, and that while medications do not seem to create irreversible changes in the brain, repeated depressive episodes do.

Andrew Solomon

DepressionBrainCreateImportant

My mother and I used to watch 'Maude,' and I think she loved 'Maude' because my mother wanted to see strong women out there with a voice.

Andie MacDowell

MotherWomenVoiceStrongThinkShe

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Robert Louis Stevenson

TravelBetterThanArriveThing

Empirical and observational data along with a healthy dash of intuition often have to be combined as business owners begin to look outward, not inward, at what solutions they can provide to their customers.

Michael Gerber

BusinessDataLookHealthyBegin

Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.

Steve Lacy

WorkPeopleFindCircumstancesRight

I'll tell you what I really loved: the version of 'Somebody to Love' that was in 'Happy Feet.' That was fantastic.

Roger Taylor

LoveHappyFeetLovedYouTell

I don't think, to be a traveler, you have to reject setting roots up.

Mat Kearney

RootsThinkYouUpTravelerSetting

I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

Michael Schumacher

CarYearPerfectYearsOutBeen

You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away and you can make your changes accordingly.

Michael Showalter

FunnyWritingComedyYouKnowRight

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.

Julia Cameron

FaithCourageTrustDreamAdmitOwn

Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.

Dennis Banks

PathSeedsDestinyMeaningFollow

When I was 17, I went to India for six weeks and had what, at the time, was a very challenging trip. You walk down the street and you see lepers and beggars, and there were several of us, a group of Americans. I remember we were just trying to park one night somewhere and people were just sleeping in the parking lot.

Chris Hughes

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