Gene Luen Yang Quotes
When you work with somebody else, you automatically get a mixed voice. You hope it will benefit the story. But you don't know what the result will be.
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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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I always try to keep one very feminine quality to my style.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.
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Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or didn't say in 1994 or 2002, I don't think most people really care.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.
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My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side.
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The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.
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Never joke with the press. Irony does not translate into newsprint.
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He had a vision of a nation. The incredible martial skills of the Mongol tribes had always been wasted against each other. From nothing, surrounded by enemies, Temujin rose to unite them all. What came next would shake the world.
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Relegating conservation to government is like relegating virtue to the Sabbath. Turns over to professionals what should be daily work of amateurs.
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When you work with somebody else, you automatically get a mixed voice. You hope it will benefit the story. But you don't know what the result will be.
