Jenny Han Quotes
I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.
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Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.
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Because I first made my name as a rapper claiming South Central L.A., people often assume I'm strictly a West Coast cat. But my family was actually from back East. I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
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I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
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Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things well. In the end, he got his big thing, a once-in-a-generation revision to the basic social compact, a commitment of health coverage to nearly all Americans. He has yet to prove he can do it well.
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I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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From an early age, I knew I wanted to pursue a life in the arts, and so I was acting in plays all throughout high school.
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Going out with other actors is never good; actresses are neurotic, and actors are horrendous egotists.
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…all of the philosophers put together are not worth a single saint.
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It is probable that democracy owes more to nonconformity than to any other single movement.
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The sceptics, a kind of nomads, despising all settled culture of the land, broke up from time to time all civil society. Fortunately their number was small, and they could not prevent the old settlers from returning to cultivate the ground afresh, though without any fixed plan or agreement.
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I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth.
