Ang Lee Quotes
In my culture, there's a tradition that when you're in an overwhelming situation and you don't know what to do, you put yourself in a woman's shoes.
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I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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One of the things I have to do, and I'm working on it, is making sure I enjoy the ride along the way. I have to remind myself, 'Take a look around, look at things, and enjoy it.'
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I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.
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The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.
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You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high.
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What I really enjoy about writing for orchestras is realizing that - and it's kind of self-evident - but the fact that they are 48 individuals. It's not, you know, a preset on a keyboard. It's all these people who have opinions and who are making decisions about how to play.
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My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.
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Your current situations or problems have been sent to you to teach you valuable lessons for success and happiness. What are they?
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In my culture, there's a tradition that when you're in an overwhelming situation and you don't know what to do, you put yourself in a woman's shoes.
