Iris Chang Quotes

I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.

Iris Chang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: March 28, 1968 - November 9, 2004

Topics

LifeDailyDaily LifeYourselfThink

I had a drummer in my band who started teaching me tricks to come up with interesting rhythms. Because I don't come from a musical background, I've never studied music, and I don't know music theory at all, so a lot of stuff I discover on my own are things students would learn in the first grade of music.

Jens Lekman

MusicMeLearnInterestingKnow

I was approached personally by the Gibson Corporation.

Trini Lopez

CorporationPersonallyGibson

I dreamed of a future as a muscular, tanned, kibbutznik, who plowed the fertile fields of the Jezreel Valley in the day, sang religiously in the dining hall in the evening, and fiercely guarded the farmland at night, riding a noble horse.

Shimon Peres

FutureDayNightEveningHorse

In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done.

Mike Wallace

StyleCandidNightJumpSometimes

I find that putting my make-up on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show. It kind of helps me make that transition from 'mommy' to 'performer,' or star or whatever you want to call it!

Martina McBride

MeYouFindTransitionLooksKind

The black community wants to buy things and want to see themselves portrayed in a certain way. And if they don't like what they see, then they won't spend their money. Everyone's not gonna always relate to Captain America; everyone is not going to always relate to Thor. A lot of characters just don't speak to them.

Mike Colter

CommunityMoneySpeakBlackAmerica

Most of the musical film work that I have done has been in this realm of what I think of as real family entertainment.

Jason Alexander

WorkFamilyThinkDoneEntertainment

Nothing about life is sacred until we make it so.

Chris Crutcher

LifeNothingSacredMakeUntil

I like listening to people talk about things that they love. They get to express things they don't normally get to express.

Chris Hardwick

LovePeopleListeningTalkThings

I just think that with music, it's kind of like life, and so the people you work with, you generally develop a relationship. You don't have to try to explain things. You just know. It's like you're in the band together and striving for the same goal.

Ariel Rechtshaid

LifeWorkMusicRelationshipPeople

'Dancing with the Stars' is a great format for us. It's a format we license from the BBC, so that can't travel for us, but we consider it a great success. 'Desperate Housewives,' on the other hand, a huge success for us internationally. 'Missing' has actually sold to 80 territories before it's even gone on the air.

Anne Sweeney

SuccessStarsGreatTravelHandAir

It's impossible to map out a route to your destination if you don't know where you're starting from.

Suze Orman

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