Yishan Wong Quotes
I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.
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Ask your agent to set up a meeting with either your editor or the marketing department of the house or both so you can find out what they're doing, what they aren't, and what you can do to help.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Television has shied away from being too dark, because so much has happened to us recently here in the West, and people are sort of wanting to see more uplifting sorts of things.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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I think it's much harder to have a long dialogue scene than an action scene. An action scene is long, but it's not really hard. It's kind of boring, really. It looks good at the end, but to shoot it, it's not the most exciting thing.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.
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Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.'
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Even though I've been putting out bodies of work for years, 'Beauty Behind the Madness' felt like the beginning.
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I usually have about four books on the go - a bedside book, a lavatory book, a downstairs book, and the book in my study that I read sneakily while I should be writing. Short stories for the lavatory, obviously.
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We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.
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I went to USC for writing. I was judgmental of actors and their Starbucks and fancy cars.
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I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.
