Chang-Rae Lee Quotes

I don't think that stuff is gone - I just don't want to dwell on it. There's a difference. As I said, I think we all have tendencies as writers, and I think we all have experience that we bring as readers to each project.

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• My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

  

  Adam Jones
  • Music
  • Band
  • Approach

• I was born in New York in 1904.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Born
  • New
  • New York

• I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Life
  • Real
  • Pretty

• Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

  

  Karen Horney
  • May
  • Deception

• Lines 10–16

  

  W. H. Auden

• I think there are a lot of great ideas out in America, and I want you to have a say in your government. And that means we have to get unaccountable money out of our politics, overturn Citizens United, and expand voting rights, not restrict them.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Great
  • Money
  • America

• I don't perform. Seals perform.

  

  Morrissey The Smiths

• One of the reasons I didn't really want to do TV earlier in my career was because it is so life-consuming, and I wanted to spend time with my kids and be a mother.

  

  Andie MacDowell
  • Life
  • Time
  • Kids

• The best ally you can have in breaking up a street fight is a grandmother.

  

  Joe Bob Briggs
  • Up
  • Grandmother

• Home is where the heart is, and my heart will forever be in Cleveland.

  

  Anderson Varejao
  • Heart
  • Home
  • Forever

• Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy.

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • May

• There's every financial incentive in the world to stay in the conservative movement forever.

  

  David Brock
  • World
  • Forever
  • Financial

• Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real.

  

  Colin Firth
  • People
  • Good
  • Real

• I always knew I wanted to be in front of the camera. But even after 10 years behind the scenes at CBS News producing live segments, celebrity profiles, and breaking news, I still hadn't been given the chance to be on TV.

  

  Andy Cohen
  • Live
  • Celebrity

• I like 'Pyaar Ka Dard Hai' on Star Plus. It not only has a good story but good actors as well.

  

  Pratyusha Banerjee
  • Good
  • Star

• I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard.

  

  Anna Paquin
  • Work

• It's insane that, since the Beatles and Dylan, it's assumed that all musicians should do everything themselves. It's that ridiculous, teenage idea that when Mick Jagger sings, he's telling you something about his own life. It's so arrogant to think that people would want to know about it anyway!

  

  Brian Eno Roxy Music
  • People
  • Life

• Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.

  

  David Guterson
  • Men
  • Mind
  • Journey

• Luxury is experiencing reality.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Reality
  • Luxury
  • Experiencing

• Look at me - I was the boo boy for years and years. Did I ever think I would end up in Hollywood or the FA Cup final? No, I didn't.

  

  Vinnie Jones
  • Thinking
  • Boys
  • Ends

• If we really prefer basic sanity or enlightenment, it's irritatingly possible to get into it.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Enlightenment
  • Prefer
  • Sanity

• I'm a variety girl when it comes to different genres.

  

  Jamie Brewer
  • Different
  • Girl

• My grandmother was German. She didn't teach any of her children German. She really wanted them to be American. And now, she's since passed away, I get so frustrated sometimes. I'm like, "Oh, Oma, why didn't you teach your kids German?" My dad would have spoken German to me from birth, and I would have spoken German.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Children
  • Why
  • She

• I don't think that stuff is gone - I just don't want to dwell on it. There's a difference. As I said, I think we all have tendencies as writers, and I think we all have experience that we bring as readers to each project.

  

  Chang-Rae Lee
  • Thinking
  • Differences
  • Gone