Gene Luen Yang Quotes
The thing about research is that there's no end. You constantly have this fear that an expert who knows more than you will call you out on some detail in your book.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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I want to give my followers a positive message. I want to give those girls a positive message who have been forcefully married, who continue to sacrifice. I want to be an example for those people. That's my aim.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
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I'm a slow starter.
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I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.
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I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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You can think of all the things a Congress or a legislature does, and then you kind of overshadow that with the fact that a few people are going to make those decisions.
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I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.
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Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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When I got to Florida, I was a British kid, but I was also an Indian kid: a brown kid with an English accent. Talk about being an outsider. And that's become the theme of a lot of the stuff I write about.
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You have to get out there and compete. You have to work hard. People aren't just going to come knocking on your door and say, 'Please let me invest $1 billion in your back yard.' You need to be able to go and match the pitch and close the deal.
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Yesterday they called it coincidence. Today it's synchronicity. Tomorrow they'll call it skill.
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We're all capable if we have faith and passion.
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I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've got lots of material to work with as an actor.
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I thought books ban was crazy. Really my thoughts were "This is America, we don't do this here" but of course I know a lot better now. And I wasn't the only one. Norma Klein was writing at the same time. Her books were going. So many of us. When you say to me, no you can't do this I say, oh yes I can.
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The thing about research is that there's no end. You constantly have this fear that an expert who knows more than you will call you out on some detail in your book.
