Iris Chang Quotes
It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before.
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People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.
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Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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Netflix is something I watch.
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I've always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it's rather odd to read Tweets commenting on my appearance.
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Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me.
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We must curtail the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border.
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I don't want my faith level to go up or down. And so I don't fear.
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Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.
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There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes I think that my whole career as a writer has been the substitute work of an unfulfilled painter.
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I took a job as a reporter in India, where I lived with several married couples, which got me interested in why some marriages work and others fail. Back home, many women of my generation were also putting off marriage or not getting married at all, which only led me to more questions.
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When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite.
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Drive slow and enjoy the scenery - drive fast and join the scenery.
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It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before.
