Daniel Wu Quotes
For Cantonese - because there's no standardized pinyin system - I have to have someone read it to me, and then I rewrite the whole script in my own Cantonese pinyin.
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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
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I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.
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I really like sort of disappearing.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.
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I think selfishly, as an actor, we always want to do more.
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I think as I have got older, I have got a bit more relaxed, although you might not think that if you heard me screaming at my kids.
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The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.
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Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.
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Most fish require a short cooking time, but cephalopods are the exception to this fishy rule. As with some cuts of larger land beasts, the longer they're cooked, the more tender they get.
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I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.
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If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
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'A liar sees lies,' said Taleswapper. 'Even when they aren’t there. Just as a hypocrite sees hypocrites whenever he runs across good people. Can’t stand to think that anyone might really be what you only pretend to be.'
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People who truly understand God's purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another.
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The channels of human mental development... are circuitous and variable. Rather than specify a single trait, human genes prescribe the capacity to develop a certain array of traits.
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We have to be able to criticize what we love,Say what we have to say,'Cause if you're not trying to make something better,Then as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.
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He began with an exordium, containing an apology for his resignation of the office of Advocate-General in the Court of Admiralty; and for his appearance in that cause, in opposition to the Crown, and in favor of the town of Boston, and the merchants of Boston and Salem.
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In the end, I'm really interested in people and what we do with our short time here on earth. I'm interested in the human soul.
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I think that women should be decorative.
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You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just a completely overwhelming and exciting day.
Antony Sher -
It's strange. In the last five minutes you have used my Christian name over and over again and never before. People I like learn my name too late.
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For Cantonese - because there's no standardized pinyin system - I have to have someone read it to me, and then I rewrite the whole script in my own Cantonese pinyin.
