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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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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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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As a newcomer, you know, you don't come out the gate as a singer and try to compare with Judy Garland.
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I was a teenager and it was tough years for me. Being able to bring myself into a character and live in somebody else's world was so important for me emotionally. I couldn't express things well in my normal life. I was so overwhelmed by my emotions.
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You have to face fears head on.
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The extraordinary thing about Irving Berlin is that he's like the American Mozart! It seems as if his songs were always there. How do you put together songs like 'Always' or 'Cheek To Cheek'? Songs of his are, frankly, perfect.
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When I was a small kid, I grew up in the newspapers.
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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.
