John Cho Quotes
The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype and what isn't.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being capped; we knew that diversifying would be much better; we knew that there were terrible dictators and horrible governments that we were enriching who hated us. We knew all that and we did really nothing.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
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All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.
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I am grateful that I'm working, but I also have to say I've worked really, really hard and had to fight a lot.
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I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
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Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent.
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After we shot the first 'Twilight,' we organized our own wrap party. We really didn't know what this was going to be. Something like that can come at you unexpectedly, and you just have to try your best to deal with it.
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In my 20s, I used to have a lot more energy! I was this skydiving, bungee-jumping adrenaline junkie. I don't know what happened to me! Now that I'm in my early 30s, I've put all that energy into my work, although I'm still a little ridiculous. In your 30s, you're sensible enough to know better, but still stupid enough to do stupid things.
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My grandmother, when she looked at American movies, she said, 'They're all the same. In the first scene somebody shoots somebody and then everybody makes phone calls.'
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We associate stress with action, but how can you take action without stress? You take the right actions with a different energy. Yes, that might affect the speed at which you work or how much you get done in one day, but you'll probably get things done more efficiently.
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I am so personally hurt with losses. I really am an elephant like that. I don't forget. I can still feel the pain and sting of it (last year's loss to Tennessee). So when you consider the length of the season and when you can be a little tired, I am not. I am just fueled by what could have been.
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The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype and what isn't.
