Y. C. James Yen Quotes
We work with the people not out of pity but out of respect for their potential for growth and development, both as individuals and as communities.
Quotes to Explore
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.
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The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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I don't have mom issues or dad issues. I think I have found peace about many things in my past. I have forgiven and asked to be forgiven.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
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I think we all carry within us different versions of ourselves. Our true, greatest, most honest versions of ourselves can either be developed and nourished, or it can remain dead from neglect. Most people opt for the easiest version rather than the best.
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I tend not to worry about things I can't do anything about. It's not in my nature to spend too much time thinking.
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Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.
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The conductor must breathe life into the score. It is you and you alone who must expose it to the understanding, reveal the hidden jewel to the sun at the most flattering angles.
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We work with the people not out of pity but out of respect for their potential for growth and development, both as individuals and as communities.
