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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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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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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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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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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The great cosmic illusion is a hierophany.... One is devoured by Time, not because one lives in Time, but because one believes in its reality, and therefore forgets or despises eternity.
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Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them.
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Finding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom of other religions.
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I want to keep on the move, keep stimulated and challenged.
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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.
