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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Sammy Sosa grew up without a father in the back of a converted public hospital in San Pedro de Macoris, a dusty seaside town in the Dominican Republic. His father, Juan Montero, died when Sosa was 5.
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Jean Renoir once suggested that most true creators have only one idea and spend their lives reworking it, but then very rapidly he added that most people don't have any ideas at all, so one idea is pretty amazing.
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A lot of people, to attack an outspoken atheist, one of the things they'll do is say, 'You are as bad as the fundamentalist Christians.' And my answer is always, 'I hope so.'
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The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.
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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.
