Yo-Yo Ma Quotes
There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
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I hired a personal trainer to help me lose 25 pounds and get from obese to fat. My next step will be to get from fat to chubby.
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It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
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I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.
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I always watch the work I do.
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As a kid, I got teased about my unibrow. Now I love my brows.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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I hear a lot of 'Top Model' girls say they are dismissed by clients because they recognize them, but it never happened to me.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.
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Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm.
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Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.
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The look of being too deliberately dressed, with everything cautiously matching, always bores me.
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The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left.
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One time, on Marine One, the president asked me my opinion. I had a flashback to being at the kitchen table with my dad. That dominant male figure set me up for being confident to express myself with precision and persuasion.
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I have one weakness: I love meat loaf.
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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
