Maya Soetoro-Ng Quotes
We need to teach our children empathy and care and love and communication and social responsibility in preparation for adulthood.
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We all know now that people can look good for their age. It isn't so extraordinary, I don't know why people go on about it so much.
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It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.
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William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.
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You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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In my personal life, I really like the look of vests. I wear fitted, business ones, and perfectly preppy sweater vests that I can knit myself.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.
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I know things aren't perfect for women in the U.K. and in America, but there are women in the rest of the world who have it far worse.
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I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice and thus secure a stream of mental modes that is natural and helpful.
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We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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Love can produce the children, but it has nothing to do with the raising of the children. I grew up thinking, 'Oh, that's it. All I have to do is fall in love.' You may think love will change everything, but it really is different with children. Children don't necessarily bring you together; they challenge you.
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It's funny, I never think I'm doing that well. I've never, ever. I just constantly think, 'This isn't working out.'
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There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people.
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I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.'
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We need to teach our children empathy and care and love and communication and social responsibility in preparation for adulthood.
