Maya Lin Quotes
OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.
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I have to wear two sports bras when I do my cardio. It takes a lot to hold these puppies up!
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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Whatever makes your head nod, that's want we want to give you.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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I don't really have a type. I don't want to be a cliche. But personality is a big thing for me. You can find cute guys all over. But he's got to have some sort of sense of humor, which is so hard to find in a guy. He's got to be a bit smart.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
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Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something.
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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It took me 30 years to figure out who I really am, as a person, and who I want to surround myself with. I was very much the kind of person who would just meld in with whatever group I was near.
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Imperialist aid is a noose of plunder and subjugation, aimed at robbing 10 and even 100 things for one thing that is given.
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I think Ed Sheeran would be a great collaboration.
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The film 'Black Hawk Down' paints the Somali people as wild savages.
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The very first concert I ever went to was a Green Day concert when I was 12 years old, at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ont., and I remember right after seeing them perform I started a band, and I wanted to get up in front of people and start performing. Ten years later, to be on the Green Day 'American Idiot' tour is really awesome.
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OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.
