Chang-Rae Lee Quotes
There is secrecy and betrayal but that's more part and parcel of the kind of anguish that the people go through. And maybe that's modes of survival, rather than modes of consciousness.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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You must remind yourself at all times that the golf ball is nothing. It's an object. It's something to be swatted and sometimes lost and not even looked for.
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
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I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.
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My agenda is not to reassure anybody outside Lebanon.
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It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.
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Hopefully, there's a place in music for Tinted Windows. If we're really trying to be iconic, we should just stop right now. If one of us could die, that would also help. But I don't think anybody wants that gig.
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I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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We've all seen 'Jewing it up' performances. They are about as miserable to watch as as 'camping it up' performances when representing gays.
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Sorry. My testing organization is either too small, or too large, depending on how you look at it.
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If I'm in a bad mood, my thing is I go clean! That's what relaxes me! I go and clean everything.
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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting in above-average effort.
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Topshop is the best. I don't know how I'd live without it. Most of my clothes are from there.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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I always tell myself... that the faith I have is a gift, so I shouldn't take that for granted. And so when people are struggling and feel they have no faith at all, I shouldn't say, 'Well, it's their fault.'
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When the Bangladesh war happened, people in Pakistan who did not support it were called unpatriotic. My father was in the jail at that time, and a lot of those who knew my family used to call us children of a traitor.
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I take my kids to school. It's what keeps you normal.
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It is, we wanted to make a record that reflected our love of Hard-Rock music and it is sort of Metal though we don't really describe ourselves as Metal.
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There is secrecy and betrayal but that's more part and parcel of the kind of anguish that the people go through. And maybe that's modes of survival, rather than modes of consciousness.
