David Chang Quotes
I lived across the street from Noodle Bar. I could barely stand it, because you're there all the time; you can't get away.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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Everyone takes a bad selfie - the first thing is to know that.
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My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, all those folks. I can't do it, but I have a profound respect for it.
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[Regarding mathematics,] there are now few studies more generally recognized, for good reasons or bad, as profitable and praiseworthy. This may be true; indeed it is probable, since the sensational triumphs of Einstein, that stellar astronomy and atomic physics are the only sciences which stand higher in popular estimation.
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I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.
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I keep trying to find ways to shift the viewer's attention away from the object they are looking at and toward their own perceptual process in relation to that object. The question for me always is: how can I make you aware of your own activity of looking, instead of losing your attention to thoughts about what it is that you are looking at?
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This is a Christian country and Christian teaching is very clear on these matters and I am extremely concerned that young people today are being bombarded with literature which suggests that a homosexual relationship is the same as a heterosexual relationship, which it is not.
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I lived across the street from Noodle Bar. I could barely stand it, because you're there all the time; you can't get away.
