Ang Lee Quotes
I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country.
Quotes to Explore
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This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.
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There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with the span of my career, I can try to convey that in more ways than one.
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My granddad used to mind me at weekends, and if the game was on, and you wanted to get across the room, you had to crawl under the TV. So I've always been a Liverpool fan, and meeting Steven Gerrard was massive for me. He knew who I was before we'd even said hello!
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If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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I think of America not so much as a single country but as a constellation of groups out there competing for air time, energetically expressing themselves and luxuriating in their right to govern themselves. Freedom is that great vaunted word that's always applied to our country - and rightly so.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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Rioting definitely brings attention to the situation at hand.
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I've liked most of the films that I've been in and those are the kinds of films I like to see.
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Homeschooling is great because it's extremely lenient, and so if there's a day I come home from practice and mentally, I'm just exhausted, I can actually just save the test for the next day if I really have to.
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I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.
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We're still talking about women's rights. We can't be the greatest country in the world. I think once we lose that illusionary veil of thinking that we are, we can face the problems and really try to fix them.
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I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country.
