Ang Lee Quotes

I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasurable. That's the scariest thing about them.

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• Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Up
  • High
  • Small

• 'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.

  

  Nancy Werlin
  • World
  • Book
  • Alone

• When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.

  

  Gail Parent
  • Friends
  • Conversation
  • Open

• 'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Up
  • Great
  • Kids

• To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Life
  • Friends
  • Care

• It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?

  

  Adam Brody
  • Beautiful
  • You
  • Date

• The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.

  

  Harry Browne
  • World
  • Country
  • America

• I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Fall
  • Minutes
  • Stamina

• Instead of abandoning competition and giving banks protected monopolies once again, the public would be better served by making it easier to close banks when they get into trouble. Instead of making banking boring, let us make it a normal industry, susceptible to destruction in the face of creativity.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Giving
  • Better
  • Competition

• I think that most manufacturing and mining should be under the purview of state authorities.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Think
  • Manufacturing
  • Mining

• Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.

  

  Barbara Sher
  • Change
  • Only
  • Inevitable

• It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.

  

  Dan Castellaneta
  • Up
  • Job
  • Funny

• It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics.

  

  Ian Millar
  • Competition
  • Ride
  • Canada

• One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity.

  

  Hal David
  • Love
  • Fall
  • Learn

• I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

  

  Captain Beefheart
  • Want
  • Everything
  • Just

• Because of network neutrality rules, activists can turn to the Internet to bypass the discrimination of mainstream cable, broadcast, and print outlets as we organize for change.

  

  Patrisse Cullors

• I know the position I'm in. Guys are going to try and take me out, but I got to be able to overcome it all and not let those type of things affect me.

  

  Antonio Brown

• It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death.

  

  Christy Turlington
  • Death
  • Education
  • Stop

• Every year I resolve to be a little less the me I know and leave a little room for the me I could be. Every year I make a note not to feel left behind by my friends and family who have managed to change far more than I.

  

  Wendy Wasserstein
  • Feels
  • Littles
  • Behinds

• When I was 18 or 19, I realized that everything I was doing was connected to music - writing, doing videos, making my clothes. It all centered around being an artist. So I released a mixtape that I made in my bedroom, and it ended up getting a lot more attention than I expected.

  

  Kali Uchis
  • Up
  • Music
  • Writing

• Reaching out to other people is important work. I am so pleased and honored that I'm getting the attention from the young people on social media. It's been missing.

  

  Maxine Waters
  • People
  • Work
  • Important

• Overconfidence comes from fear and doubt, and you boast an ego when you're feeling less than.

  

  Nikki Sixx Mötley Crüe
  • Feeling
  • Fear
  • Overconfidence

• In terms of whether I use humor to allow me or my readers to come up for air, I don't think I put that much thought into it. I hate to say it, but I first have to entertain myself before I can think about the reader. I know that's kind of weird and selfish, but I write because it's fun, not because I need to put bread on the table.

  

  Daniel Olivas
  • Thinking
  • Writing
  • Fun

• I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasurable. That's the scariest thing about them.

  

  Ang Lee
  • Feels
  • Scary