Priscilla Chan Quotes
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People take things so seriously.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
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I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.
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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
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The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.
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I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.
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'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific.
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Both my parents are immigrants. I've seen different struggles they've had. There's a reason you don't see me using accents. I don't do impressions of my folks. When I'm doing a crappy impression of my folks, and you're laughing, I'm thinking, 'When my parents talk to people, when they walk away do people do impressions of them? Do they laugh?'
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You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.
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You don't get paid a whole lot for theatre, but you know, I feel more like, 'Where could I buy this experience, and how much would it cost? Who else would give me this kind of focus and put me in a room with this kind of talent?'
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I wouldn't describe that 'position' as 'parasitic.' I'd describe that experience as 'edifying.' I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here.
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My parents believed in the power of education.
