Ann Hui Quotes
When I first started making films 30 years ago, people would comment that I was a woman. But strangely, when I was in television, no one ever mentioned that I was a woman. Maybe it was because television and film were different. There were more women working in television than men. There was no split in terms of work - everyone was considered equal.
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Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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When I worked at Microsoft, I got to go and visit a bunch of different companies. Probably a hundred different companies a year. You'd see all the different ways they'd work. The guys who did Ventura Publisher one day, and then United Airlines the next. You'd see the 12 guys in Texas doing Doom, and then you'd go see Aetna life insurance.
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I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.
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Women in salsa - women everywhere - we always gotta be defending ourselves.
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Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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Because I was the only child, I was completely indulged. My father thought I was the best looking boy. And even though I was at 100 kgs., he dismissed it as puppy fat. He thought that the sun came out of my head. If I got five out of ten marks, he thought I was half there and had only half way more to go.
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I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the world inspires me.
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Music is where I started. It's kind of the base of everything.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.
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You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
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I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
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People aren't just paying more to fill their gas tanks or when they pay for their heating bills for their home; they are paying more at the grocery store, on air travel and for many other daily expenses.
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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.
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My dad, was, by trade, he had a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He's a huge, huge jazz fan. He used to travel all the time for projects, and he used to collect jazz records. He used to collect hundreds and hundreds of jazz records because he had this passion for it. That's kind of how they had certain hobbies together with my mom.
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Woman has this in common with angels, that suffering beings belong especially to her.
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My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer and my mom's a director and writer.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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When I first started making films 30 years ago, people would comment that I was a woman. But strangely, when I was in television, no one ever mentioned that I was a woman. Maybe it was because television and film were different. There were more women working in television than men. There was no split in terms of work - everyone was considered equal.
