Patricia Sun Quotes
We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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People take things so seriously.
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My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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I am a very reclusive, private person.
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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As an editor, I read Charlotte Rogan's amazing debut novel, 'The Lifeboat,' when it was still in manuscript. I read it in one night, and I really wanted my company to publish it, but we lost it to another house. It's such a wonderful combination of beautiful writing and suspenseful storytelling.
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Crossroads is second to none in our support of Tea Party candidates. In 2010 and '12, we spent over $30 million for Senate candidates who were Tea Party candidates. We spent almost $20 million for House candidates who were Tea Party candidates.
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Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?
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I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning.
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One of the great joys of my life post-'Friends' has been being approached by Asian women who have told me how much it meant to see an Asian face on their TV screen when they were growing up.
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No man achieves great success who is unwilling to make personal sacrifices.
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When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know.
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We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.
