T. J. Perkins Quotes
A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn't appreciate what I had.
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I've always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.
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William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.
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I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.
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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 just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.
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I feel like I have so many stories basting in my mind, and they come busting out when they're ready.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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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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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.
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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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I appreciate everything that has been done for me. After a difficult start, I've just followed my dreams.
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I get accused of having a haughty smugness. I have a lopsided mouth. I can't help it. I was born with it. It looks as if I am smirking. I have had my publicist tell me, 'Don't do that smile on the red carpet.' I'm, like, 'That's my smile.'
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I was born in the United States, I'm proud to be an American, I'm an American first. But obviously, I'm a Chinese-American. And growing up, my family, my parents, and I think rightly so didn't put us in Chinatown, didn't put us with our other ethnic group, but put us in mainstream America. They're thinking was that will help us assimilate into the mainstream and be a part of it. And it did. It certainly gave me tolerance of other people, of other races, of other ethnicities and I think that's helped make me a better person.
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A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn't appreciate what I had.
