Han Suyin Quotes
A family is a burial mound of its own doings and sayings.
Han Suyin
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I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.
Taran Killam
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
Laura Prepon
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The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.
Malcolm Gladwell
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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order.
J. G. Ballard
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
Wendell Willkie
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
Jack McBrayer
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
Rakul Preet Singh
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I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.
Faith Hill
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
Pamela Hansford Johnson
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
Adam Draper
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
Venerable Bede
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
W. E. B. Du Bois
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
Sam Yagan
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I grew up in a big, blended Irish Catholic family just outside of Los Angeles.
Peggy Johnson
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It used to be, on TV, you'd see only two types of Asians. You'd see the science geek who's using his mobile phone or something like that, or you'd see a very token Asian family - yuppie mother and father and two little Asian kids. It's the last barrier for Hollywood.
Kevin Kwan
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
Ian Anderson
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We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
William James
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A family is a burial mound of its own doings and sayings.
Han Suyin