Michael Chang Quotes
I got comments about being too small, too short, there haven't been any Asian players and who am I to go out there and turn pro before my 16th birthday? And that's all good and fine. People want to have their comments and their opinions. Ultimately, you do what you believe in your heart. I think for me, things turned out OK.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-lineman or quarterback or receiver, and they start thinking about me, that's good, because they aren't thinking about the game anymore.
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I don't believe in regret.
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
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I do believe that there are creative chakras or different sorts of energy centers.
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When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub.
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I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.
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I do not believe that people want to work hard enough and they want to find the quick Twitter, SEO. Anybody who's obsessed with SEO has lost already, period. I believe that firmly.
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I care more than - you cannot believe how much I care! I want to help somebody!
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An anti-abortion conference goer says, 'Well, don't you believe that life begins at inception?' I say, 'No. I believe that life begins when you mind your own fucking business!'
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I believe in capitalism. I need to make a profit, but I would like to do it with ethics, dignity, morals. It's my dream.
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The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.
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I believe that my work has been well-received because it is authentic. All people really want are authenticity and truth.
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I don't believe our works save us, but I believe they follow us into heaven and bring glory to God.
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First we have to believe, and then we believe.
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Let's be honest: Everyone has got their opinion. It doesn't mean their opinion is an intelligent one.
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If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple.
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When I told my wife she was lousy in bed - she went out - she got a second opinion.
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I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem.
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It has made me realise how many doors open for you when you're up for an Oscar. It seems once you are nominated, it validates you as a serious director, and you become someone that people want to work with.
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From the very beginning, I had a lot of female role models in music. I would go to shows, and there were always women fronting bands and playing guitar or backing up and playing drums or bass in a band. That probably contributed to my belief in myself to go out and perform for people.
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I got comments about being too small, too short, there haven't been any Asian players and who am I to go out there and turn pro before my 16th birthday? And that's all good and fine. People want to have their comments and their opinions. Ultimately, you do what you believe in your heart. I think for me, things turned out OK.
