William Fung Quotes
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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I had a pretty bad time when I was an undergraduate at Cornell University. I failed out of school. I was much, much heavier.
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Is the button white or orange or green or yellow? Does it say 'sell', or 'sell now', or 'on sale' or 'for sale'? You test, you test, you test and most of the ideas you try fail and so I would argue I failed my way to success.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.
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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
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It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.
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The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.
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Technically a memoir, 'The Woman Warrior' becomes almost magical through its inclusion of folk tales, dreams, and revisions.
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In politics, it's very theatrical. There's a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to believe in, and candidates are playing the role, like actors, by a creative personae that people will be attracted to.
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Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.
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I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love 'The Great Dictator' and 'City Lights.'
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My comments are reserved for reputable journalists.
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Usually, when somebody really hates your book, they're not going to waste time on it, telling you what you need to work on.
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For people who don't know me, I practiced medicine in Casper, Wyoming for 25 years as an orthopedic surgeon, taking care of families in Wyoming. I've been chief of staff of the largest hospital in our state. My wife is a breast cancer survivor.
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There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here.
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I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy. You don't want to be some earnest guy who's just trying to do the right thing but can't. I want to be doing the wrong thing intentionally.
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I don't think people should be priced out of going to the theatre... But we have to recognise that it is a show business.
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I'm not an Internet guy - I'm a business guy.
