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.
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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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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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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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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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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson.
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As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work.
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But the thing we do know is whatever it costs to save and protect American lives in this conflict, we're going to spend.
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You can get really great reflective screens that rival e-paper at really amazing price points and with fantastic ultra-low-power capabilities.
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We have always tried to be guided by the basic idea that, in the discovery of knowledge, there is great entertainment - as, conversely, in all good entertainment, there is always some grain of wisdom, humanity, or enlightenment to be gained.
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I took some of the hardest things about my life and wrote an empowering song with it. It has made me want to always write from that place.
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I can't write what I don't believe in.
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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.
