Perry Chen Quotes
We'd love it if everybody had a Kickstarter project. I believe that everyone has some kind of creative project that they think about - whether it's something small they'd like to do over a weekend with friends, or it's the film they've always wanted to make, whatever.
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The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.
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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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History's a resource.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running.
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A lot of times, losing a fight is tough. In your darkest hours, I guess your true colors show.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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I am glad that I do not have any children.
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I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.
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The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken.
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I didn't go through the routine of singing in small clubs and doing open mics and working so hard the way a lot of people do and did. It was just an overnight kind of thing.
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We'd love it if everybody had a Kickstarter project. I believe that everyone has some kind of creative project that they think about - whether it's something small they'd like to do over a weekend with friends, or it's the film they've always wanted to make, whatever.
