Gene Luen Yang Quotes
'The Green Turtle' was created in the 1940s by a cartoonist named Chu Hing, one of the first Asian Americans to work in the American comic book industry.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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I hate celebrities.
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For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family.
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Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
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I am pretty tenacious as a perfectionist in terms of getting something right.
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Without sounding too cliche, my part on 'Getting On' is the best role I've ever had. It is so rich, it is so well rounded, and I am happy to be right here. I feel like I lucked out and got one of the richest characters on TV because he is so complex.
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In the occupation in Afghanistan, there are tragedies as well. It's not as bad as in Iraq because there are fewer American troops. But, as I describe in the book, going out on patrol and coming into a village, the soldiers found a stash of documents and decided this was Taliban propaganda.
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While growing up, every sitcom you could think of, I would watch it, and I loved it.
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The work of one author or artist may stimulate another author or artist to push the edge, to take the risk, to go where the field hasn't gone before. The result -very exciting children's literature and art ... exciting both for the professional and for the intended audience, the children.
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'The Green Turtle' was created in the 1940s by a cartoonist named Chu Hing, one of the first Asian Americans to work in the American comic book industry.
