Tan Le Quotes
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I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
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I am not a slim person, so I regularly exercise to be healthy mentally and physically.
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Occasionally, if I am very confident in the establishment, I'll risk an egg salad on Dutch crunch, but I must be very confident indeed.
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I am in agreement with income-tax protesters that the tax, as commonly applied, is unconstitutional, unfair, and immoral.
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I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.
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I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.
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What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
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One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.
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I am fortunate to stay at lots of lovely hotels when I'm on tour, but my favourite hotel group in Britain is Malmaison. I recently stayed at the Malmaison in Manchester, which was pretty amazing. It had a fabulous bar and restaurants, as well as fantastic rooms with mood lighting.
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Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.
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I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.
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I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles.
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I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.
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I am the biggest geek and fan of film and TV, and I just go through phases.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating.
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To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things.
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I tried to go to community college for a while, and it's a funny story. I walked into the English class on the first day, and they told us to write about what we did over the summer. I can't remember exactly, but I think I walked out exactly at that point and went to the office to ask for my money back.
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Look at a picture of me before I was 15. I am a boy. I wore my brother's clothes, dude!
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with 'ashes.
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[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.
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I am afraid of privilege, of ease, of entitlement.
