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My parents are small business owners, and the Korean community, like a lot of immigrant communities, is very much owner-driven.
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I'm extremely proud I'm an Asian female and I'm on television, because there aren't many of us.
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People will talk about money in the general sense, but not in the specific sense of, like, where'd you fail, how'd you succeed, how'd you do it.
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I had an unusual college experience because I traveled the world while going to school at the same time. Now, to look back, I was very lucky.
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Any band will say that they'd be nothing without the fans.
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Asian-Americans often struggle to be good sons and daughters, but it's ultimately your life. In the end, you have to find what you want.
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I always tell kids to find what they're passionate about.
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Looking in a mirror and telling yourself to feel better doesn't work when you're a girl, but finding something that you love to do, something that makes you a better person like volunteering to help others, will definitely make a difference.
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Live theater makes me nervous. I feel like I have to fake emotions, because the actors can see me.
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Conversations about money, culture, power, class - it's at the center of my identity. I think it's a combination of being born to immigrant parents, growing up relatively poor, and really living in a world where formal institutions, like banks and anywhere that you had to sign a contract, was really feared and avoided at all costs.
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