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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We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
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The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.
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I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care.
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One consequence of racism and segregation is that many American whites know little or nothing about the daily lives of African Americans. Black America's least-understood communities are those poor, hyper-segregated places we once called ghettos. These neighborhoods are not far away, but they might as well be on the moon.
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The American formula for creating business is not to have the government create business.
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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.
