Chang-Rae Lee Quotes
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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Charlie Finley has soured my stomach for baseball.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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Women and girls, men and boys all share the right to live free of violence, which is, unfortunately, experienced by both men and women. Women and girls, however, disproportionately experience violence due to a deeply rooted global culture of gender discrimination.
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Having a son is not all pleasure.
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As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.
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I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.
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Obama's ascendancy unhinged the radical right, offering a unified target to competing camps of racial, nativist and religious animus.
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.
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Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me – if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.
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Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
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When I'm working on a film, I think about how it will play with a tiny audience of friends whose opinions I respect - basically, a 40-bloc radius from my apartment in Manhattan.
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As much as I enjoy hunting the abundant wildlife along the river bottom, my wife and I also take great pleasure in sharing the hunting opportunities on our ranch with so many from our community each year. We understand that community service and shared enjoyment of our great lands is the true Montana tradition.
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All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, the Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior.
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People are always surprised when they spend time with my children by how normal they are. They're polite. They're well mannered. They're very down to earth, in a way.
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Most people dont think about race as much as I do. They dont have to.
