David Henry Hwang Quotes
I knew I was Chinese, but growing up, it never occurred to me that that had any particular implication or that it should differentiate me in any way. I thought it was a minor detail, like having red hair.
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.
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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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Some have suffered death to make it possible for us to have the scriptures today. Historically, the scriptures in the Bible were reserved for the clergy, with the reading of them by others being denounced. At times, laws even prohibited the public or private reading of them.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.
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Soundlessly, shadow with shadow, we wrestled together,Till the grey dawn.
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Fantasy fans are incredibly loyal and passionate. Other people don't want to be seen as passionate about things, they want to be cool and laconic. The great thing about fantasy fans is they'll really get behind a show.
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Sometimes there's one person in the audience laughing hysterically, and it's so much fun. You end up playing the entire play to them.
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Conditioning is very important when it comes to hair. One should oil hair on a regular basis for hair nourishment.
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I knew I was Chinese, but growing up, it never occurred to me that that had any particular implication or that it should differentiate me in any way. I thought it was a minor detail, like having red hair.
