Jenny Han Quotes
I think that sometimes we put undue pressure on stories featuring people of color, and I hope we get to a point where it's not such a rarity to see a person of color be the hero of a story, so that it can just be a story and not have to carry so much weight.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
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The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater at a place called Oldham Theatre Workshop in my hometown.
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I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
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I think the beauty and mystery of boxing is just the immediacy of how it reveals people unlike anything else.
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We're trying to build a platform utilizing the Internet that allows the good American people to speak out about their frustration about the polarized country that we live in politically.
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For lack of a better word, I've let love and infatuation emasculate me.
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My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful.
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Communities in every corner of America struggle to fill nursing vacancies to provide care for everyone who needs it.
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I think that sometimes we put undue pressure on stories featuring people of color, and I hope we get to a point where it's not such a rarity to see a person of color be the hero of a story, so that it can just be a story and not have to carry so much weight.
