Gene Luen Yang Quotes
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.
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I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.
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I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.
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A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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I've always felt I had the ability to be a good, elite defender in this league on the wing. I just need to lock in. I feel if I pick that up, I can be a very good all-around player.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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Yes, Heathrow is the U.K.'s busiest airport, but new runways or a new airport are not the answer. It is far better to focus on improving capacity.
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The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
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I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.
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Good boys are nice - don't go for the bad ones!
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To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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I don't think I was all that late in becoming a father.
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There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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I've hardly had an avant-garde career... If you're going to make a film, you have to try to make sure it comes out of a childlike passion, as if you're doing it for the first time.
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There are very few profound sayings in the world.
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Eventually, I just couldn't imagine myself being in a cubicle for my entire career.
