Jenova Chen Quotes
I grew up with games. It changed my life. It changed my social relationships with my friends. It defined my childhood. It's something I really cherished.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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My eye is ever on those who love me.
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The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the relationship never changed with my friends and family.
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I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
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It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is no justification for killing innocents.
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If I had to give you one piece of advice, it would be this: don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions.
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We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.
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But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.
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When I was teaching, I gave a lot of my mind and anxiety to it. There was always something clenched and anxious in me until the classes were over.
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I grew up with games. It changed my life. It changed my social relationships with my friends. It defined my childhood. It's something I really cherished.
