Gene Luen Yang Quotes
'Avatar: The Last Airbender' creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have, along with their team, painstakingly planned out the Avatarverse.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.
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You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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Gluttony is not a secret vice.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to perk me up. The audience picks me up enough. That's the total God's truth.
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Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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Whatever you do needs to be sustainable over time, and taking the money in the short term and taking it in a bubble - like buying an Internet stock in 2000 - may not be sustainable.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
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Just being in the gym every day with someone with goals in common is special.
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To lovers of the truth, nothing can be put before God and hope in Him.
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Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
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I have a very fun husband. He's managed to hang on to every person he's known since grammar school.
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It's so hard to raise money for independent films and the fact of the matter is that the bigger my star or whatever is, as a result of doing bigger pictures, the easier it is for me to get money for my own projects.
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I auditioned for a one-act version of 'The Princess and the Pea' called 'The Ugly Duckling,' and I was cast as the King, starting a pattern of being cast in roles originally intended for men. I went to the first rehearsal, and I didn't get any laughs, and I choked and I quit. I walked away from it and joined the tennis team.
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Being named as a finalist for the USA Basketball National Team is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling. It is an honor to be included with such talented players and I look forward to the chance to represent my country this summer.
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'Avatar: The Last Airbender' creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have, along with their team, painstakingly planned out the Avatarverse.
