Martin Yan Quotes
I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.
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I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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I've done some really weird gigs. The ones where no one turned up - they're probably not the interesting ones to talk about. I played some pretty random ones in L.A. I signed to play all-R&B nights or an all-comedy night where I'd be the only white person there. They were fun.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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I did a movie called 'Quicksand No Escape' with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. I think I was maybe 5. I was really little. Yeah, it was fun. And actually, Felicity Huffman played my mom.
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In the end, crime doesn't pay.
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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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I use loads of moisturising products and make sure I cleanse, tone and moisturise every day. It's just so important to always keep your skin moisturised.
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No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.
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My father always told me that story was first and foremost. We would watch not just his films but a lot of classic American films. My father was a great David Lean fan, and David Lean's one of my favorite directors. We would discuss films endlessly.
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La reconnaissance est un fardeau, et tout fardeau est fait pour être secoué.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They've gone through a long process through their art, poetry, public discourse, their politics, of owning the fact of their complicity in what happened in World War II. It's still a topic of everyday conversation in Germany.
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My people are American, my time is today…music must repeat the thought and aspirations of the times.
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I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.
