Gene Luen Yang Quotes

For 'Boxers and Saints', the tension between Eastern and Western ways of thinking was very personal for me, and I needed to control every aspect.

Gene Luen Yang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.

Joe Biden

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You don't really know when the last time you're going to do something is; the middle can often be a bit blurry. Firsts are very potent.

Jenny Han

TimeYouKnowGoingLastMiddle

You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue is jobs. And they are looking for which candidate can get the economy back on track.

Meg Whitman

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I grew up on the south side of Chicago in the 1960s, and I think there was a synchronicity of events that inspired me to be an astronaut, and, of course, the backdrop is nothing less than Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. That was a time in our nation where we aspired to great things, and we achieved them.

John M. Grunsfeld

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There's no reason you should write any novel quickly.

John Irving

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My mother was a Tibetan Buddhist.

Amber Mark

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Without disruptions, startups can't survive.

Steve Jurvetson

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I went to a grim Victorian school with classes of 40 or 50 children. It was a very rigid and unimaginative education, but it did teach us the three Rs.

Tom Paulin

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The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther.

Michele Bachmann

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Sketching is like dancing. It's process as much as product. You can turn your head off and just sort of dissolve into the now. Doing a giant, super thought-out painting is the opposite of that.

Molly Crabapple

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Actually just recently I came up with that idea, watching the movie 'Legally Blonde' and I was like, 'Cool, that's something I want to do.'

Lisa Leslie

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We are convinced that Organic Avenue is extraordinarily well positioned to become a national leader in both the rapidly growing $5 billion organic juicing industry and the $75 billion natural foods industry, driven by an increasing number of consumers moving towards a healthier diet of organic foods.

Jonathan Grayer

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