Perry Chen Quotes
For most of the people who have a lot of success, it's because they were the ones who didn't quit. It's not necessarily because it was just laid out for them. It won't apply to all cases, but I think it's pretty good advice.
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent. Therefore I keep reaching for instruments I don't particularly know how to play, and then I become excited.
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I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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As President Trump quickly moved to limit immigration, civil rights, and environmental protections, I felt fear for my young children, and guilt, too - as if I'd somehow betrayed the unspoken contract all parents make to give our children a better life than ourselves.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
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There are a lot of historical novelists who do the research about the clothes and maybe even the eating utensils, but they're basically taking modern people and putting them in old drag - it's sort of the 'Gone With the Wind' approach.
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
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Women know what they're doing all the time, and they're pretending that they don't.
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People use restaurants to do business, to do politics, to socialize.
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I was always a little bit afraid because I found out at a very early age that once you make a record, all the mistakes and all the good things are there for eternity.
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I've got four women in my house - my wife and my three daughters - and I tell you what, it's pretty scary. I keep my head down and if we're out shopping I try and look in a man's shop while they make their minds up.
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For most of the people who have a lot of success, it's because they were the ones who didn't quit. It's not necessarily because it was just laid out for them. It won't apply to all cases, but I think it's pretty good advice.
