James Wan Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
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I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
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When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.
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I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
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Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
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Most of the largest software companies in the world today are based on Oracle, and they were once startups.
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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.
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Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.
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While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.
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Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.
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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
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Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
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Young girls in particular aren't given a space to be messy and complicated and express themselves and experiment - they're told to be a little quieter and a little less than.
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I am a babe for a living.
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It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.
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As actors, we need to do our parts exactly the way they have visualised it, because if we don't, we have to keep doing it many times over.
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The big difference between TV and theater is that you get to do a new play every week, so it's quite challenging, but it keeps you fresh. There's never any fear of getting stale in your performance.
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I hide my emotions mainly because you don't want somebody to know that you feel sorry for them, because they will feel worse, or because you don't want someone to know or see your fear. If someone like a sick kid or a burn victim sees your fear, they respond to how you respond. And if you show them it's terrible, they will get upset. It's something I've learned over the years.
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When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life and dry in brittle in death So the soft and supple are the companion of life While the stiff and unyielding are the companions of death An army that cannot yield will be defeated A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind Thus by Nature's own decree the hard and strong are defeated while the soft and gentle are triumphant.
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I feel like my songs are like diary entries for me. So I usually write about things that have happened to me specifically or sometimes it can be someone who's close to me.
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Obviously I'm a lawyer; I like to have cases.
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You can only go by the instinct that you have.
