Joe Chung Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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My vision of the border with Mexico is that a truck from the United States going into Mexico and a truck coming from Mexico into the United States will pass each other at the border going 60 miles an hour. Yes, we should have open borders.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy.
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The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
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In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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There's depth in my comedy.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.
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Carlos is better. His range of motion improved. He pushed it hard yesterday, but we'll just have to see.
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With any good projects, I feel like the off-screen chemistry factors on-screen. It's great when you don't have to force it, but when it's not there, you better focus on getting there because, as we live with these characters, we spend more time with one another than we do our families at home.
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My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art.
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Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.
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Remember, things extremely hard to come by are not necessarily good.
