Kevin Kwan Quotes
When my first novel, 'Crazy Rich Asians,' was published in 2013, many readers were astonished to learn that in Asia, there were women who dressed in couture from morning till night.
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God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence.
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Conformity is dangerous.
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In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
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The fact is, it's hard to release movies.
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While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
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I love doing costumes. The costume is an actor's first line, so it's gotta be right!
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The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.
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I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.
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Once an entitlement program has been created with millions of beneficiaries, it becomes almost impossible to repeal.
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I've been through periods where I haven't worked and would have paid someone to give me a job - I think that's really helped me feel very grateful to have a job, even when I have a call time of 3:30 A.M. My mom laughs when I text at 4 A.M saying, 'I love my job.'
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I'm a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.
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The only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.
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A competition of the best ideas - that should be what Congress is about.
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It's good to be in a role when you can learn something new.
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Man's power is first of all the result of hardening his heart against God: man affirms that he is strong, conquers the world, and builds cities.
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You can only see what you believe-nothing else is possible.
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When my first novel, 'Crazy Rich Asians,' was published in 2013, many readers were astonished to learn that in Asia, there were women who dressed in couture from morning till night.
