Gemma Chan Quotes

I've been fortunate in my career, but, yes, there have been many times when I have been told my audition has been cancelled because they're only going to see white people.

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• The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administered health care system is absurd... and by people opting out of the system and developing workarounds.

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
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• Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.

  

  Ingvar Kamprad
  • People
  • Car
  • Luxury

• Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • People
  • Movie
  • Like

• Eliza Factor's first novel, 'The Mercury Fountain,' explores what happens when a life driven by ideology confronts implacable truths of science and human nature. It also shows how leaders can inflict damage by neglecting the real needs of real people.

  

  Floyd Skloot
  • People
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• For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Music
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• I never had intention of coming to New York or L.A. and actually doing more than scraping by - you know, doing plays. And as my career sort of progressed of its own volition, I did come to New York.

  

  J. K. Simmons
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• The fact is, funnily enough, that the people who seem to be most committed to causes also seem to be least invested in anyone actually talking to each other.

  

  Abigail Disney
  • People
  • Enough
  • Talking

• I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.

  

  G-Eazy
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  • Up
  • Speak

• Some people are just right for you.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • People
  • You
  • Some People

• I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • People
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• People want to know where I'm going, and I just don't ever know.

  

  Quavo Migos
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• I have relationships with people I'm working with, based on our combined interest. It doesn't make the relationship any less sincere, but it does give it a focus that may not last beyond the experience.

  

  Harrison Ford
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• If you're convinced as an artist of what you're doing, the only move is to, no matter what people say or what management says or your best friends say or people on Facebook, do what you do, and people will find their way to it.

  

  Anton Zaslavski
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• I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
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• My friends and the people I know understand that I'm going to ask them what they're doing, how they're dating, who they're dating, where they're going and what they're doing. I'm constantly asking those questions and making sure I'm in touch with the customer.

  

  Sam Yagan
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• If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all humankind - then you have no choice but to back Fidel Castro as long as it takes!

  

  Harry Belafonte
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• The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.

  

  J. August Richards
  • People
  • Believe
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• I was raised in a very happy nest by very happy people, and I like to think that those are enough ingredients to make me succeed at Dior.

  

  Raf Simons
  • People
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  • Think

• When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do.

  

  Daniel Clowes
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• We have a legacy to uphold: the people who died so that we could have the right to vote; the people who sacrificed so that we would one day realize the dream of a black president.

  

  Clementa C. Pinckney
  • People
  • Dream
  • Black

• It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And in 'I'd Do Anything,' I've had so much support from folks back home, no matter what side they're on.

  

  Rachel Tucker
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• Every single American - gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society. It’s a pretty simple proposition.

  

  Barack Obama
  • American
  • Pretty
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• I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

  

  Marilyn Monroe
  • Calendar
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• I've been fortunate in my career, but, yes, there have been many times when I have been told my audition has been cancelled because they're only going to see white people.

  

  Gemma Chan
  • People
  • Career