Joan Chen Quotes
The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.
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Editorial photography has to be energetic and visually competitive.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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You don't try to do more than you should.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
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Each additional idea is a gift to the future. Each additional idea producer is a source of wealth for future generations.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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You discover yourself through the research of your work.
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People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
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Love is like nothing else on this earth, but only when it is shared with someone wonderful like you.
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I play sad bastard music. For the money.
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I know your kind, he said. What’s wrong with you is wrong all the way through you.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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It would be flattering to be thought of as someone who celebrated life.
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Dr. Dre's '2001' album changed modern pop music.
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'To hell with the handkerchief,' said Walter Mitty scornfully. He took one last drag on his cigarette and snapped it away. Then, with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.
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The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.
