Liu Wen Quotes
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Don't assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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If I like a thing, it just sticks after once reading it or hearing it.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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The purpose of a business is to create customers.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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It has been my experience that work on the screen clarifies stage portrayals and vice versa. You learn to make your face express more in making movies, and in working for the theater you have a sense of greater freedom.
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To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that floats; Rice Krispies the breakfast cereal that goes snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth the Jew who masturbates with a piece of liver.
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I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.
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I've gotten very good at detaching whenever I have to go away for three months, which I realize is hard on friends and kind of selfish.
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When I'm studying English I love to watch 'Friends' or 'Nikita.'
