Michael Lee-Chin Quotes
I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been held out to me. I have to remember who helped me when I needed help. The people of Jamaica helped me. I can't forget that. I would be ungrateful if I forgot.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
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We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.
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Moving to Los Angeles and working in places like Hawaii, you get to experience a true melting pot. It's really nice to be around people who are multiethnic.
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When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work now, people call me 'Chief.'
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There are people who think I am Israeli. That's rubbish.
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Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.
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It was so popular, so more people identify me from 'Friends' than anything else.
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I think whatever dress you wear, people will criticise you. Different people have different opinions.
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I've sung other people's music all my life.
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When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work.
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My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are on the streets at all hours. People don't want to stay inside for fear they'll go crazy.
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I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who stuck with me.
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All you 'Twilight' fans, can't thank you really enough for being so supportive. You're real cool people.
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New Year's Eve is a great time to think about making a resolution to change a behavior, improve upon a practice, or to start something new. Most people don't keep their resolutions very far into the year, but there's no reason to wait until Dec 31st to reboot.
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My aim is to get people excited about eating more veggies and seeing them as delicious ingredients rather than a chore.
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It's the same with people knowing absolutely everything there is to know about an actor. I actually think the more personal information you have about an actor, the more you have to carve out for yourself when you go to a movie and see them in it.
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Music is my way out. I keep things locked up and never say anything. I guess in order to say something to one person, I have to sing it to a couple of thousand. It doesn't make for healthy relationships.
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I hate it when I go out and I see parents going, 'don't do that', or 'stop doing that' when some kid's just hanging off a staircase or something. There's too much of this, 'don't do that'. The whole thing baffles me.
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I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been held out to me. I have to remember who helped me when I needed help. The people of Jamaica helped me. I can't forget that. I would be ungrateful if I forgot.
