Yishan Wong Quotes
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.
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Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
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I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.
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I love so many styles of music.
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
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I spend so much time in Los Angeles and normally stay at a corporate apartment when shooting 'Top Chef: Just Desserts,' but when I have the chance to stay somewhere more luxurious, I love The Montage in Beverly Hills.
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.
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I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.
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A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.
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I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.
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Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.
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A legend - now I am like a unicorn.
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The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.
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