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Gene Luen Yang Quotes

Both my mother and my father grew up in Asia, in a time of political instability. They'd earned college degrees before setting foot in the States but had to work menial jobs early on in order to make ends meet.

Gene Luen Yang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Work Father Mother Time College Up

I went to public school, and I didn't do well in school. And it wasn't until, actually, I got into school at Juilliard - it was the first time in my life that I thought, 'Oh, maybe I'm not stupid,' because I was so inspired and passionate about what I was learning, and it was the first time in my life I had felt that.

Jessica Chastain

Life Learning Time School Stupid

I've never met an American who wanted to build an empire.

Tom Wolfe

American Build Never Empire Who Met

My father once said about being a parent that it is the only thing you do that requires a very long period of learning, and at about the time that you are becoming competent, you don't need the skills anymore. Notwithstanding this modest assessment of their parenting skills, they were wonderful parents.

Michael Spence

Learning Father Time Parenting You

In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Age Power More Sovereignty Means

The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.

Dick Cheney

Wisdom Plan More Military Forces TV

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

Douglas Horton

Good Thoughts Thinking Doing Enough

I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get.

Donny Osmond

Grateful Smoking You Now Kind Image

You know, there were 29 Democratic votes for censure in the Senate. And if the Republicans had any sense, they would have censured him before the '98 midterm election, and they would have won the election.

Chris Matthews

You Election Know Him Sense Would

I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go on the ice.

Clara Hughes

Ice Fast I Can Go Concrete How

I used to tell my mum to leave my dad when I was, like, nine. I loved my father, don't get me wrong. I really loved him, but he wasn't a good dad, and he wasn't a good husband.

Boy George

Good Father Me Husband Loved Wrong

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.

Anthony Trollope

Improvement Ambition World Parent

The real bummer of fame is that at some point you're bound to get demoted.

Paulina Porizkova

You Fame Real Point Get Some