Maxine Hong Kingston Quotes
I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family live the life of artists.
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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Everyone knows that Apple crushed Microsoft in the mobile era. But it was exactly the opposite in the PC Wars of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
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By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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I hope that I can continue to champion Dr. Paul's efforts to audit the Fed, protect state's rights, and getting our nation back on track.
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The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.
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My tools, my medium, include pictures and live actors.
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As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had reluctantly agreed to sit in. He is a proud man who also knows that his knees aren't what they once were - that years of high school and college football had long accelerated the deterioration of his aging joints.
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Instead of asking God to remove our problems so that our lives might be happy, we must purposefully try to learn as much as we can - and thereby become happier due to our insights and growth.
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The massive migration from dumb phones to smart phones is a great opportunity for young companies to take advantage of.
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I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family live the life of artists.
