Daniel Wu Quotes
In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're an actor, but you're also a professional athlete. You have to train.
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My father, I think he played percussion in high school. My mother played piano when she was very young, but only for a brief while. I don't think she had a great teacher. In any case, neither of them were really into music at a young age.
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I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
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If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it's something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me.
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I think having children is the most amazing thing.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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I'm good at utilising body parts as letters.
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You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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If there was no fame involved and very minimal money - which is the case for most actors - I'd still be doing it. If I wasn't good enough to be a professional, I'd be an amateur actor.
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I think it's important to always keep professional and surround yourself with good people, work hard, and be nice to everyone.
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I recently caught myself giving a pretty girl the cold shoulder because I felt intimidated. She was so gorgeous, and it made me feel insecure. I wasn't even aware until someone pointed it out to me. I was so embarrassed! I recognized those thoughts and made a point to be more friendly to her because there was no reason to be cold.
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In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're an actor, but you're also a professional athlete. You have to train.
