Y. C. James Yen Quotes
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I like things simple.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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It is fun to try figure out the things that really are real and the things that aren't.
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It was a confusing time in my life, a really bad day at the office.
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My all-time favorites that I always go back to are films by the director John Cassavetes. The movies he made, the work he left behind, have been a big influence for my work.
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I grew up with no money. No money. I always struggled and had the sense that there was this other class of people who went to college - this was when I was younger.
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I'm very interested in the way people interact emotionally.
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Go to the people and live among them in order to know them and learn from them.
