Chang-Rae Lee Quotes
As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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I think that what computers have done is just disastrous to the language.
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If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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If things do go badly, will I wonder for the rest of my life what I might have done to help?
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Acting takes so much energy.
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We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.
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I do regard myself as very lucky.
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Some people have heard of The Method, which originally goes back to Stanislavski... he gave you six major pointers whereby you became that character and tried to fool your mind psychologically. That's it in a nutshell. Daniel Day Lewis is an example of somebody like that who stays in character between takes.
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A lot of people have put their lives online and are using MySpace to manage their social lives.
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One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it's also about stillness and silence.
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Going to school, everybody expected you to be Stephanie Tanner. Establishing a separate entity from Stephanie after all those years, I did everything I could in the beginning to be everything but Stephanie Tanner.
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A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.
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You have some people that's weak, and you have some people that's strong. I consider myself a very strong person.
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I come from a family of well-endowed booty women.
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Frankly, TV stars are not that popular. In fact, I don't have even have a million followers on any of social media accounts.
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I felt the call to this industry because I enjoy broadcast journalism. I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers; I like reading the blogs. I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry.
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I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.
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It sounds like the Boy Scouts want it both ways. They want to be private and do what they want, and they don't want to follow the government and society in not discriminating against people - and they want the government's money.
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As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.
