Amy Chan Quotes
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.
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My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
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You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
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A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.
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'Paranormal Activity' was a unique project in that I made it basically on my own, with a little help, and I had no exposure to the filmmaking world when I made it.
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I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
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If you're hungry, you know that you want to eat. You don't know what's on the menu - perhaps it's not your favorite dish - but you will eat.
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I love Snoop. I worked with him on 'Old School,' and he's very accessible. He's very kind. He's always nice to everyone, to the crew. He's always got something positive to say. He's very childlike and loves to come and play. So, I had fun working with him.
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I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.
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It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.
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I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.
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What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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'I'm not going to do just nothing anymore.''You mean never again?''Well, not so much. They don't let you.'
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Aretha Franklin was tough. She turned out to be good, but she was, you know, she was - she's a very - she's a very wonderful, but in some ways, shy woman. You don't think about that when you see how she emotes and performs.
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It's hard to keep things moving. And that's always a big trick. I think for me, the key is setting really big goals. And, you know, with YouTube, I think we've had tremendous leadership, both with the founders and now with Salar, who's been running it.
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Don't ever take advice from anyone who starts a sentence with, 'You may not like me for this, but it's for your own good - ' It never is.
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I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.
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Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.
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Design your life.
