Jenny Han Quotes
The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing for young people. You feel like you can help shape somebody.
Quotes to Explore
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom.
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I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.
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In the summer of 1902, I was able to erect two experimental stations on two forts at Strasbourg for the purpose of closer study.
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The people who tend to get the most out of being social thinkers are the people who themselves are helpful. They're always talking or answering people's questions or engaging in productive conversations. They're not being trolls. They're tamping down other people that are being trolls.
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I've been really fortunate where I've made stuff that connects to people on a positive level, and that makes me feel really good, but I can't feel comfortable in dictating what they're supposed to feel out of it, nor am I a professional in something where I can really help people any farther than creating the things that I make to help myself.
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The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing for young people. You feel like you can help shape somebody.
